Fairy tales for kids have been a part of storytelling culture as far as anyone can remember. These fables and legends often ...

Thought fairy tales were all pampered princesses and happily-ever-afters? Think again. The original versions of some of our best-loved fairy tales are a far cry from their Disney-fied incarnations ...

Jason Treat, NGM STAFF. art: SAM FALCONER. Sources: Sara Graça da Silva, Institute for the Study of Literature and Tradition (IELT), New University of Lisbon, Portugal; Jamie Tehrani, Durham ...

From oral stories from centuries ago to Disney’s beloved animated films, millions of children around the world have grown up fairy tales. This list of fairy tale retellings are the best way to ...

The imagined worlds of fairy tales offer not only entertainment for children but also reflections on contemporary times. Polish writers such as Henryk Sienkiewicz, Eliza Orzeszkowa, Bolesław Prus, and ...

In order to impress fellow travellers and make the most out of these sites, it is worth getting acquainted with the charmingly unconventional tales of Polish folklore. According to an old fairy tale, ...

The ARD recently produced new adaptions of the brothers Grimm’s classic fairy tales. The films were shot at romantic castles and in enchanted forests all over Germany. The result was a series of ...