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This genre may include modern fairy tales, which use fairy tale motifs in original plots, such as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and The Hobbit, as well as erotic, violent, or otherwise more adult-oriented retellings of classic fairy tales (many of which, in many variants, were originally intended an audience of adults, or a mixed audience of all ages), such as the comic book series Fables.
World Famous Fairy Tale Series (世界名作童話 まんがシリーズ, Sekai Meisaku Dōwa Manga Shirīzu, lit."World Masterpiece Fairy Tale Manga Series"), also known as Classic Tales Retold, Fairy Tale Classics, Children's Classics or The World's Greatest Fairy Tales, is a Japanese anime series of short films based on fairy tales and classic stories, produced by Toei Animation between ...
In the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index, the tale is classified - and gives its name - to tale type ATU 511, "One-Eye, Two-Eyes, Three-Eyes". [1] Folklorist Stith Thompson noted the proximity of the tale type with ATU 510A, "Cinderella", and ATU 510B, "Cap O' Rushes" - also stories of heroines persecuted by their families.
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The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde" is a fairy tale written by Mary De Morgan (1850–1907) in her collection of short stories called "The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde and Other Stories." [1] This collection of fairy tales originally published in 1880. [1] Mary de Morgan helped to make the Victorian era prominent in literature. [2]
Ruth B. Bottigheimer catalogued this and other disparities between the 1810 and 1812 versions of the Grimms' fairy tale collections in her book, Grimms' Bad Girls And Bold Boys: The Moral And Social Vision of the Tales. Of the "Rumplestiltskin" switch, she wrote, "although the motifs remain the same, motivations reverse, and the tale no longer ...
"The Water Nixie" or "The Water-Nix" is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 79. [1] It came from Hanau. [2]It is Aarne-Thompson type 313A, the girl helps the hero flee and revolves about a transformation chase. [3]
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