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  2. Rip Van Winkle - Wikipedia

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    Multiple sources have identified the story of Epimenides as the earliest known variant of the "Rip Van Winkle" fairy tale. [17] [18] [20] [12] [21] The story of "Rip Van Winkle" itself is widely thought to have been based on Johann Karl Christoph Nachtigal's German folktale "Peter Klaus", [5] [12] which is a shorter story set in a German ...

  3. List of fictional felines - Wikipedia

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    The Adventures of Puss in Boots, the TV series includes an episode that is an interactive video game called Puss in Book: Trapped in an Epic Tale. Puss was voiced by Eric Bauza in the six-season series, The Adventures of Puss in Boots, and by Andé Sogliuzzo [8] & Christian Lanz [9] in the video games. Sogliuzzo also voiced Puss in the series ...

  4. Puss in Boots - Wikipedia

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    Publication type. Fairy tale collection. " Puss in Boots " (‹See Tfd› German: Der gestiefelte Kater; French: Le Maître chat ou le Chat botté; Italian: Il gatto con gli stivali; Dutch: De Gelaarsde Kat) is a European fairy tale about an anthropomorphic cat who uses trickery and deceit to gain power, wealth, and the hand in marriage of a ...

  5. The Little Match Girl - Wikipedia

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    Publication date. December 1845. " The Little Match Girl " (Danish: Den Lille Pige med Svovlstikkerne, meaning "The little girl with the matchsticks ") is a literary fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen. The story, about a dying child's dreams and hope, was first published in 1845.

  6. Puck (folklore) - Wikipedia

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    Puck also appears as a character in the God of War video games, synthesized with the character of Mímir from Norse Mythology. In these games, he is voiced by actor Alastair Duncan. Puck is a hero in the Dota 2 video game. 'Robyn Goodfellowe' is a young English girl in the Irish animated feature Wolfwalkers (2020) [14]

  7. Seven Dwarfs - Wikipedia

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    As a prominent cultural portrayal, the Seven Dwarfs have been controversial among people with dwarfism.One critical scholar has said it "followed the conventions of the freak show and perpetuated contemporary prejudices in their constructions of people with dwarfism," portraying them as "incapable, humorous, weird, childlike," and "overly naïve, perhaps even dim-witted."

  8. Pan's Labyrinth - Wikipedia

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    Del Toro stated that he considers the story to be a parable, [6] influenced by fairy tales. It addresses and continues themes related to his 2001 film The Devil's Backbone, [7] to which Pan's Labyrinth is a spiritual successor, according to del Toro in his director's DVD commentary. The film is an international co-production film between Spain ...

  9. The Girl Without Hands - Wikipedia

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    Children's tales. " The Girl Without Hands " or " The helpless Maiden " or " The Armless Maiden " (‹See Tfd› German: Das Mädchen ohne Hände) is a German [citation needed] fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm. [ 1 ] It is tale number 31 and was first published in the 1812 edition of Children's and Household Tales. [ 2 ]