Associate Professor in Ancient History and Classical Languages, University of Newcastle Fairy tales have a tumultuous and fragile history. They originated as tales told by “folk”. They were passed ...

The folk tale tradition—from fairy tales to ghost stories—has origins stretching back to the start of human speech. The art of oral storytelling predates the written word, and has been used for time ...

Quick question: How many fairy tales can you name? If you haven't read Hans Christian Andersen or Andrew Lang in a while, you should definitely commit to reading some of their archetypal tales soon.

Philip Pullman's new book distills classic stories to their purest form, and their purest form resembles today's basest TV shows and movies. "There is no psychology in a fairy tale," Philip Pullman ...

The greatest fairy tale movies are often the ones that ignite your imagination while also telling a story that imparts a decent life lesson. Most of them are child-friendly, while some are strictly ...