Fairy tale

A fairy tale is a story featuring folkloric characters such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, giants, and others. The fairy tale is a sub-class of the folktale. These stories often involve princes and princesses, and modern versions usually have a happy ending. In cultures where demons and witches are perceived as real, fairy tales may merge into legendary narratives, where the context is perceived by teller and hearers as having historical actuality. However unlike legends and epics they usually do not contain more than superficial references to religion and actual places, persons and events.

External links and references

• SurLaLune Fairy Tale Pages: Annotated tales, illustrations, and much more.
• How Fairy Tales Shape Our Lives, by Jonathan Young, Ph.D.
• Fairy Book collections edited by Andrew Lang, from Project Gutenberg
• Blue Fairy Book
• Orange Fairy Book
• Red Fairy Book
• Brown Fairy Book
• Crimson Fairy Book
• Violet Fairy Book
• Yellow Fairy Book
• Lilac Fairy Book
• Grimm's Fairy Tales from Project Gutenberg
• Andersen's Fairy Tales from Project Gutenberg
• D.L. Ashliman's Grimm Brothers website
• Irish Fairy Tales
• A Fairytale Outline Generator: based on Vladimir Propp's Morphology of the Folktale