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Pages in category "Greek fairy tales" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Almondseed and ...
Persephone ate six pomegranate seeds while in the Underworld after becoming Hades' wife, so she had to spend six months in the underworld every year. (Greek mythology) Silver apple, magical silver apples can be found on Emhain Abhlach, the Isle of Apple Trees. (Irish mythology) Poison apple, featured frequently in folktales or fairy tales.
Some fairy tales of the Ancient Greeks is a children's Greek mythology novel by author Marion L. Adams. [1] It was published in May 1904 [ 2 ] in London by the "Books for the Bairns" office. It consists of six chapters, each telling the story of a different protagonist.
The Xana is a character found in Asturian mythology; Yallery Brown; Zână (plural Zâne) is the Romanian equivalent of the Greek Charites. These characters help humans in fairy tales and reside mostly in the woods. They may considered the Romanian equivalent of fairies.
Odysseus - Hero and king in Greek mythology. Came up with the idea for the Trojan Horse, and used his wits to escape perilous situations during the Odyssey, e.g. outwitting Polyphemus the Cyclops. Loki - a mischievous, sometimes sinister, god in Norse mythology. Pan - God of shepherds and flocks.
A nymph (Ancient Greek: νύμφη, romanized: nýmphē; Attic Greek: [nýmpʰɛː]; sometimes spelled nymphe) is a minor female nature deity in ancient Greek folklore. Distinct from other Greek goddesses , nymphs are generally regarded as personifications of nature; they are typically tied to a specific place, landform, or tree, and are ...
The tale is classified in the Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as type 310, "The Maiden in the Tower". Other fairy tales of this type include The Canary Prince, Petrosinella, Persinette, Prunella, and Rapunzel. [3] The Greek variant was first recorded in 1890 in eastern Thrace. [4]
The story's Neoplatonic elements and allusions to mystery religions accommodate multiple interpretations, [3] and it has been analyzed as an allegory and in light of folktale, Märchen or fairy tale, and myth. [4] The story of Cupid and Psyche was known to Boccaccio in c. 1370. The first printed version dates to 1469.