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Genre overview. See also. References. External links. Fairytale fantasy is distinguished from other subgenres of fantasy by the works' heavy use of motifs, and often plots, from folklore . History. Perrault's "La Belle au bois dormant" ( Sleeping Beauty ), illustration by Gustave Doré.
- List of fairytale fantasies
This list of fairytale fantasies contains an illustrative...
- Fairy tale
A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy...
- Fairy
A fairy (also fay, fae, fey, fair folk, or faerie) is a type...
- List of fairytale fantasies
This list of fairytale fantasies contains an illustrative list of fairytale fantasy works. Original Fairytale Works. Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué 's Undine (1811) E. T. A. Hoffmann 's The Nutcracker and the Mouseking (1816) George MacDonald 's Phantastes (1858) Lewis Carroll 's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865)
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A fairy (also fay, fae, fey, fair folk, or faerie) is a type of mythical being or legendary creature, generally described as anthropomorphic, found in the folklore of multiple European cultures (including Celtic, Slavic, Germanic, and French folklore), a form of spirit, often with metaphysical, supernatural, or preternatural qualities.
- In folklore
Literary fairy tales, such as were written by Charles Perrault (1628 – 1703), and Madame d'Aulnoy (c.1650 – 1705), became very popular, early in the Age of Enlightenment. Many of Perrault's tales became fairy tale staples, and influenced latter fantasy as such.
A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story, magic tale, or wonder tale) is a short story that belongs to the folklore genre. Such stories typically feature magic , enchantments , and mythical or fanciful beings.
Fairy tales themselves, as well as fairytale fantasy, which draws on fairy tale themes Fantastic poetry , poetry with a fantastic theme Fantastique , a genre characterized by the intrusion of supernatural elements into the realistic framework of a story, accompanied by uncertainty about their existence
Fairytale and comic fantasy. Fairytale fantasy may ignore the normal world-building in order to present a world operating by the same logic as the fairytales from which they are derived, though other works in this subgenre develop their worlds fully.
