Bošković-Stulli, Maja (1962). "Sižei narodnih bajki u Hrvatskosrpskim epskim pjesmama"[Subjects of folk tales in Croato-Serbian epics]. Narodna umjetnost: Hrvatski časopis za etnologiju i folkloristiku (in Croatian). 1 (1): 15–36. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021 . Retrieved 20 April 2021. Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda, priest, writer and collector of folktales in Catalan from Mallorca ( Majorca, 1862–1932)

Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes deep into the well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higher—for their world or ours. Tatar, Maria (1987). The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-06722-8. There's a lot of book here for what I found to be very little payoff. When the truth comes to light, Charlie ends up on his own little fantasy adventure story, which is... pretty much like any fantasy adventure ever, complete with giants, undead soldiers, a king, and a Big Bad. Nothing that happens comes as a surprise. stars. I’m still King’s Constant Reader and devoted fan, but this mediocre book is easily forgettable.Allison Peirson was burned as a witch in 1588 for conversing with the Queen of Elfame and for prescribing magic charms and potions (Byre Hills, Fife, Scotland). [7] This same woman (styled "Alison Pearson") is also featured in Robert Sempill's ballad (1583) where she is said to have been in a fairy-ride. [8] [9] [10] Sempill's piece mentions "Elphyne" glossed as "Elfland" [11] or "Fairyland". [4]

Le Marchand, Bérénice Virginie (2005). "Refraining the Early French Fairy Tale: A Selected Bibliography". Marvels & Tales. 19 (1): 86–122. doi: 10.1353/mat.2005.0013. JSTOR 41388737. S2CID 201788183. Folklorists have classified fairy tales in various ways. The Aarne-Thompson-Uther classification system and the morphological analysis of Vladimir Propp are among the most notable. Other folklorists have interpreted the tales' significance, but no school has been definitively established for the meaning of the tales.Walters, Rebecca (April 2017). "Fairytales, psychodrama and action methods: ways of helping traumatized children to heal". Zeitschrift für Psychodrama und Soziometrie. 16 (1): 53–60. doi: 10.1007/s11620-017-0381-1. S2CID 151699614. Fairyland ( Faerie, Scots: Elfame ( Scottish mythology), c.f. Old Norse: Álfheimr ( Norse mythology)) in English and Scottish folklore is the fabulous land or abode of fairies or fays. [1] Old French faierie (Early Modern English faerie) referred to an illusion or enchantment, the land of the faes. Modern English (by the 17th century) fairy transferred the name of the realm of the fays to its inhabitants, [2] e.g., the expression fairie knight in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene refers to a "supernatural knight" or a "knight of Faerie" but was later re-interpreted as referring to a knight who is "a fairy". [3] Folklore [ edit ] Originally, adults were the audience of a fairy tale just as often as children. [74] Literary fairy tales appeared in works intended for adults, but in the 19th and 20th centuries the fairy tale became associated with children's literature.

One final random thought… to go with the absolute shit-ton of random thoughts that have comprised this “review”: As Leah was leaving Charlie’s bedside during his recovery he thought of a haiku he studied in an English class: Chesterton, G. K. (1909) Tremendous Trifles, 2nd paragraph in XVII. The Red Angel, London: Methuen & Co. If your fairy village is a place of perfect happiness, this is the perfect name for it! Village Name Inspiration Propp, Vladimir (1968). Wagner, Louis A. (ed.). Morphology of the Folktale. University of Texas Press. doi: 10.7560/783911. ISBN 978-0-292-78391-1. JSTOR 10.7560/783911. OCLC 609066584.

Gray, Richard (5 September 2009). "Fairy tales have ancient origin". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 8 September 2009. Ballet, too, is fertile ground for bringing fairy tales to life. Igor Stravinsky's first ballet, The Firebird uses elements from various classic Russian tales in that work. As Stith Thompson points out, talking animals and the presence of magic seem to be more common to the fairy tale than fairies themselves. [18] However, the mere presence of animals that talk does not make a tale a fairy tale, especially when the animal is clearly a mask on a human face, as in fables. [19]