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  2. Grimms' Fairy Tales - Wikipedia

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    Grimms' Fairy Tales, originally known as the Children's and Household Tales (German: Kinder- und Hausmärchen, pronounced [ˌkɪndɐ ʔʊnt ˈhaʊsmɛːɐ̯çən], commonly abbreviated as KHM), is a German collection of fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, first published on 20 December 1812.

  3. 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 ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Beauty and the Beast - Wikipedia

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    Real Life based the video for their signature hit "Send Me an Angel" on the fairy story. Disco producer Alec R. Costandinos released a twelve inch by his side project Love & Kisses with the theme of the fairy-tale set to a disco melody in 1978. The interactive fiction work Bronze by Emily Short is a puzzle-oriented adaptation of Beauty and the ...

  6. The Elves and the Shoemaker - Wikipedia

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    The original story is the first of three fairy tales contained as entry 39 in the German Grimm's Fairy Tales under the common title "Die Wichtelmänner". In her translation of 1884 Margaret Hunt chose The Elves as title for these three stories. [2]

  7. The reason for this targeted pruning, according to The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales by Maria Tatar, is that the Grimms saw their collection as an opportunity to reframe the stories as children's tales. "The classic fairy tale was appropriated to serve the purpose of socializing children," writes Tatar, and "the Grimms seem to have ...

  8. The 9 Most Popular Fairy Tale Stories of All Time - AOL

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    The post The 9 Most Popular Fairy Tale Stories of All Time appeared first on Reader's Digest. From rags to riches and beasts to beanstalks, these are the fairy tale stories that shape our happily ...

  9. Little Red Riding Hood - Wikipedia

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    Little Red Riding Hood is a European fairy tale about a young girl and a sly wolf. [4] Its origins can be traced back to several pre-17th-century European folk tales.The two best known versions were written by Charles Perrault [5] and the Brothers Grimm.

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