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The best-known volumes of the series are the 12 Fairy Books, each of which is distinguished by its own color. The Langs did not collect any fairy tales from oral primary sources, yet only they and Madame d'Aulnoy (1651–1705) have collected tales from such a large variety of sources. These collections have been immensely influential; the Langs ...
The photographs were parodied in a 1994 book written by Terry Jones and Brian Froud, Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book. [45] In A. J. Elwood's 2021 novel, The Cottingley Cuckoo, a series of letters were written soon after the Cottingley fairy photographs were published claiming further sightings of fairies and proof of their existence. [46]
A fairy (also fay, fae, fey, fair folk, or faerie) is a type of mythical being or legendary creature, generally described as anthropomorphic, found in the folklore of multiple European cultures (including Celtic, Slavic, Germanic, and French folklore), a form of spirit, often with metaphysical, supernatural, or preternatural qualities.
"Snow-White and Rose-Red" (German: Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot) is a German fairy tale. The best-known version is the one collected by the Brothers Grimm in 1837 in the third edition of their collection Grimm's Fairy Tales (KHM 161). [1] It was first published by Wilhelm Grimm in 1827 in Wilhelm Hauff's Märchen-Almanach. [2]
In the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index, the tale is classified - and gives its name - to tale type ATU 511, "One-Eye, Two-Eyes, Three-Eyes". [1] Folklorist Stith Thompson noted the proximity of the tale type with ATU 510A, "Cinderella", and ATU 510B, "Cap O' Rushes" - also stories of heroines persecuted by their families.
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 ...
The prince thanking the Water sprite, from The Princess Nobody: A Tale of Fairyland (1884) by Andrew Lang (illustration by Richard Doyle). The belief in diminutive beings such as sprites, elves, fairies, etc. has been common in many parts of the world, and might to some extent still be found within neo-spiritual and religious movements such as "neo-druidism" and Ásatrú.
The modern image of the leprechaun sitting on a toadstool, having a red beard and green hat, etc. is a more modern invention, or borrowed from other strands of European folklore. [39] The most likely explanation for the modern day Leprechaun appearance is that green is a traditional national Irish color dating back as far as 1642. [40]