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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, is a story that differs "from an oral folk tale" in that it is written by "a single ...

  3. List of fictional tricksters - Wikipedia

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    An archetypical example is the simple peasant successfully put to the test by a King who wishes a suitable suitor for his daughter. In this fairy tale, no brave and valiant prince or knight succeeds. Aided only by his natural wit, the peasant evades danger and triumphs over monsters and villains without fighting.

  4. Fairy tale - Wikipedia

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    A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story, magic tale, or wonder tale) is a short story that belongs to the folklore genre. [1] Such stories typically feature magic, enchantments, and mythical or fanciful beings. In most cultures, there is no clear line separating myth from folk or fairy tale; all these together form the ...

  5. Fairy - Wikipedia

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    Europe. 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.

  6. Contemporary fantasy - Wikipedia

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    Tropes. Portal. v. t. e. Contemporary fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy set in the present day. It is perhaps most popular for its subgenres, urban fantasy. Low Fantasy, Supernatural Fiction and Paranormal fiction Several authors note that in contemporary fantasy, magical or fantastic elements are separate or secret from the mundane world.

  7. Fitcher's Bird - Wikipedia

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    Country. Germany. Published in. Grimms' Fairy Tales. " Fitcher's Bird " (German: Fitchers Vogel) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 46. [1] [2] It is Aarne-Thompson type 311, the heroine rescues herself and her sisters. [3] Another tale of this type is How the Devil Married Three Sisters.

  8. The Juniper Tree (fairy tale) - Wikipedia

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    The Juniper Tree (fairy tale) " The Juniper Tree " (also The Almond Tree; Low German: Von dem Machandelboom) is a German fairy tale published in Low German by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales in 1812 (KHM 47). [1] The story contains themes of child abuse, murder, cannibalism and biblical symbolism and is one of the Brothers Grimm's ...

  9. Category:American fairy tales - Wikipedia

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    American fairy tales, a folklore genre that takes the form of a short story. Such stories typically feature entities such as dwarfs, dragons, elves, fairies, giants, gnomes, goblins, griffins, mermaids, talking animals, trolls, unicorns, or witches, and usually magic or enchantments.

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