There was once a prince who wanted a princess, and only a real princess would please him. He traveled the world to find one, but was unable to, and came back home discouraged. One evening there was a ...

In this Danish rendition of the Princess in a Coffin tale type, you observe a king and queen that are unable to naturally bear a child, so they must seek the help of a wise old woman to fulfill their ...

Esteemed fantasist J.R.R. Tolkien once said that fantasy was true literature meant to be read, and that dramatic presentations of fairy tales were nothing but intolerable misfortunes. "I have never ...

Is it just me, or are fairy tales having a bit of a renaissance these days? Of course, fairy tales have been around for as long as we've had puberty, or storytelling, or dark, wolf-infested woods.

In a just world, stores would be stocking Princess Kaguya swag, and little girls would be wearing the T-shirts and toting the lunch boxes and playing the inevitable video game. "The Tale of Princess ...

Behold, fair maidens, gallant princes, and all other gentlefolk! The time has come for the 30th anniversary of this classic comedy-adventure-romance. The Princess Bride, released in September 1987, ...

In 2012, in the municipal archive of Regensburg, Germany, scholar Erika Eichenseer discovered 30 boxes containing more than 500 hitherto unknown fairy tales. A high-ranking civil servant named Franz ...

Every week we ask you a different question. Hear what people in London say, then join the conversation! What's your favourite fairy tale? Join the conversation. What's your favourite fairy tale? Use ...

In Grimms’ Fairy Tales there is a story called “The Stubborn Child” that is only one paragraph long. Here it is, in a translation by the fairy-tale scholar Jack Zipes: Once upon a time there was a ...