Hop-o'-My-Thumb

About “Hop-o'-My-Thumb”

Hop-o'-My-Thumb, also known as Little Thumbling, Little Thumb, or Little Poucet, is one of eight fairy tales published by Charles Perrault in Histoires ou Contes du temps passé in 1697. The story is classified as Aarne-Thompson type 327B, where a small boy defeats an ogre. It shares elements with type 327A, which involves lost children, similar to the tale The Lost Children. The story originates from the French oral tradition and is part of a broader category of fairy tales featuring a child's cleverness against a monster. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)