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The tale is classified in the international tale type index (henceforth, AaTh) as type AaTh 898, "Daughter to be Given to the Sun when Twelve". [3] After folklorist Hans-Jörg Uther's 2004 revision of the index, the type was renamed ATU 898, "The Daughter of the Sun". [4] Professor Michael Merakles listed 40 Greek variants of tale type 898. [5]
It has generally been assumed that the mistranslation was the result of error, but it has also been suggested (Herder does actually also refer to elves in his translation) that he was imaginatively trying to identify the malevolent sprite of the original tale with a woodland old man (hence the alder king).
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.
The European fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf in a painting by Carl Larsson in 1881. A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story, household tale, [1] magic tale, or wonder tale) is a short story that belongs to the folklore genre. [2] Such stories typically feature magic, enchantments, and mythical or fanciful ...
Eventually, the Dragon Palace undersea became the standard in modern tellings of the Urashima tale. [20] A canonical example by the Taisho Era, according to one researcher, was the edition by Mori Rintarō (novelist Mori Ōgai ) and others, published 1920–1921, whose illustration shows Urashima and the turtle peeing underneath at the palace.
The Enchanted moura or moura encantada (enchanted female Mouros) is a supernatural being from the fairy tales of Portuguese and Galician [1] folklore. Very beautiful and seductive, she lives under an imposed occult spell. Shapeshifters, the mouras encantadas occupy liminal spaces and are builders with stone of formidable strength.
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'Puss' is a character in the fairy tale "The Master Cat, or Puss in Boots" by Charles Perrault. The tale was published in 1697 in his Histoires ou Contes du temps passé. [1] The tale of a cat helping an impoverished master attain wealth through its trickery is known in hundreds of variants. [2] Gustave Doré created an illustrated version (right).