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Fairy Tales

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Fairy Tale: A Very Short Introduction | Marina Warner

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Transforming Our Understanding of Fairy Tales | Anne Duggan | TEDxWayneStateU

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Fairy Tale Elements

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Grimm's Fairy Tales - FULL Audio Book - by the Brothers Grim - German Literature - Folk Tales

A fairy tale, wonder tale, magic tale, or Märchen is folklore genre that takes the form of a short story that typically features entities such as dwarfs, dragons, elves, fairies, giants, gnomes, goblins, griffins, mermaids, talking animals, trolls, unicorns, or witches, and usually magic or enchantments. Fairy tales may be distinguished from other folk narratives such as legends and explicitly moral tales, including beast fables. The term is mainly used for stories with origins in European tradition and, at least in recent centuries, mostly relates to children's literature.
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  • Fairy tales in music 

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