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  2. List of fairy tales - Wikipedia

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    Fairy tales are stories that range from those in folklore to more modern stories defined as literary fairy tales. Despite subtle differences in the categorizing of fairy tales, folklore, fables, myths, and legends, a modern definition of the literary fairy tale, as provided by Jens Tismar's monograph in German, [1] is a story that differs "from an oral folk tale" in that it is written by "a ...

  3. List of beings referred to as fairies - Wikipedia

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    Nevertheless, "fairy" has come to be used as a kind of umbrella term in folklore studies, grouping comparable types of supernatural creatures since at least the 1970s. [1] The following list is a collection of individual traditions which have been grouped under the "fairy" moniker in the citation given.

  4. Grimms' Fairy Tales - Wikipedia

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    "Grimms' Fairy Tales in English" by D.L. Ashliman provides a hyperlinked list of 50 to 100 English-language collections that have been digitized and made available online. They were published in print from the 1820s to 1920s. Listings may identify all translators and illustrators who were credited on the title pages, and certainly identify some ...

  5. The Happy Prince and Other Tales - Wikipedia

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    The Happy Prince and Other Tales (or Stories) is a collection of bedtime stories for children by Oscar Wilde, first published in May 1888.It contains five stories that are highly popular among children and frequently read in schools: "The Happy Prince," "The Nightingale and the Rose," "The Selfish Giant," "The Devoted Friend," and "The Remarkable Rocket."

  6. Fairy tale - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Category:Collections of fairy tales - Wikipedia

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    Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide. Help. Books that contain many fairy tales, whether Original folklore collections ...

  8. Category:Fairy tales - Wikipedia

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    Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Fairy tales" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.

  9. The Elves and the Shoemaker - Wikipedia

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    The 1956 Looney Tunes cartoon short Yankee Dood It is based on this fairy tale, with Elmer Fudd as the king of industrial elves. 150 years after this fairy tale took place, he visits the shoemaker to retrieve the elves he has employed, while also imparting the virtues of mass production capitalism to him.