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Fairy Tales

O nce upon a time…. Fairy Tales. Fairy tales are part of the oral tradition of literature. What makes the fairy tale different from folklore, fables, and tall tales is its use of magic and fantasy.

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Fairy Tales

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  1. Once upon a time… Fairy Tales

  2. Fairy tales are part of the oral tradition of literature. What makes the fairy tale different from folklore, fables, and tall tales is its use of magic and fantasy.

  3. The supernatural characters in fairy stories are not always fairy godmothers or winged sprites. They may be magicians, ogres, elfs, brownies, dragons goblins, gnomes, or leprechauns.

  4. Often fairy tales involve ordinary people who have experiences of a supernatural kind and are affected by charms, disguises, spells, or other fantastic occurrences. In The Sleeping Beauty, a princess is shut up by enchantment in a castle and sleeps for 100 years; the thick wood that grows up around the castle is penetrated by a prince who awakens the princess with a kiss.

  5. Although the stories were told centuries ago to entertain children, many were originally written for adults. As their popularity spread, the fairy tale came to have a major influence on children's literature. Authors of Fairy Tales include:

  6. Grimm Brothers In the early 19th century the Grimm brothers of Germany traveled around the countryside collecting stories. Their 200 stories commonly called Grimm’s Fairy Tales have been translated into 70 languages. Fewer people know about the lives of the Grimm brothers and how they went about the countryside listening to folktales as told by those who had heard them from their mothers and fathers.

  7. The brothers were born in Germany. Wilhelm Carl Grimm was born on Feb. 24, 1786. Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm was born on Jan. 4, 1785. The brothers went to school determined to study law as their father had done. However, while attending school, Jacob became interested in the legends and both discovered that they enjoyed folk poetry. Because of these interests, Wilhelm obtained a job in a library and Jacob joined him.

  8. The brothers and the more friendly, jovial Wilhelm quiet, scholarly Jacob spent some 13 years collecting stories "from the lips of people" of Hesse in middle Germany. The first volume of Nursery and Household Tales was published in Berlin in 1812 A second volume was published in 1815 and a third in 1822.

  9. Sometimes there were several versions of the stories, and these the Grimms combined into one. It must have been difficult to choose between different versions. Should Rumpelstiltskin ride around the fire in a ladle, or should he hop around it on one foot? or a witch Should a wolf live in the sugar house found by Hansel and Gretel?

  10. The stories were kept alive by the German peasants of the time--the cowherd, the woodcutter, the wood-carver--who had no hope of rising above their positions in life Wilhelm died on Dec. 16, 1859 Jacob died on Sept. 20, 1863.

  11. Resources: Compton’s Encyclopedia Online v3.0 c 1998 The Learning Co., Inc. “Andersen, Hans Christian” “Fairy Tale” “Grimm Brothers” “Mother Goose” “Perrault, Charles” “Perault Tales” Maps: European Countries; c. 1996 Houghton Mifflin Co. Denmark; About.com World; Silver Burdett Gim Inc. Pictures: Sleeping Beauty--Compton’s Encyclopedia Online v3.0 c. 1998, The Learning Co., Inc., “Fairy Tale” Charles Perrault--Petit Larousse, Dictionnaire des citations Hans Christian Andersen--www.kb.dk/elib/illbooks/hcaportr/ Clip Art: Witch--www.clip-art.com

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