Alright so let's try this.
What folktales or fairy tales would you nominate for a Folktale of the Year bracket?
What's your favorite tale?
Which one do you think would make a good Folktale of the Year for 2024?
Which one would be fun to campaign for in a vote?
Which one would you enjoy reading other people's opinions about?
Give us a title, a summary, or a type (see toot below for explanation of tale types) 
Boosts welcome
A note on tale types:
Tales in the oral tradition exist in many versions across cultures and centuries. These have the same basic plot but very diverse embellishments.
Folklorists have numbered the plots in what is generally known as the ATU (Aarne-Thompson-Uther) tale type index.
E.g. every tale with a jealous queen, an exiled princess hiding in the company of outlaws, fake death, and resurrection is ATU 709 - Snow White.
Some cultures have their own indices, however!
@TarkabarkaHolgy speaking of tracing folklore, how these tales follow migratory and trading routs - what's your take on these theories? https://academic.oup.com/book/33090/chapter-abstract/282131249?redirectedFrom=fulltext I love the idea of it and what it implies for humanity as a body, but can't speak for its accuracy
@KonchogTenzenSangpo My general opinion as a practicing storyteller is that it really depends on what stories we are talking about in what time frame. Because stories both travel really well, and have a tendency to spring from universal human experiences independently. So, probably a huge mix of all kinds of origins.
@TarkabarkaHolgy totally - and too little solid knowledge for actual facts.
I - even if UPG - do like the idea a lot that specific core elements, for example a bird (crane or stork) would fetch souls from a somehow watery source (well, sea) and be transporting these from the nether to the present... Likewise as psychopompos the other way. But such also has great danger of overly romanticising & finding coherence where is only coincidence