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Brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm started to write fairy tales in 1807 while traveling in Hessia and Westphalia. Their first collection of fairy tales was published in 1812. Brothers Grimm's works had a huge influence on further development of the genre. Their tales are appreciated by children all...

The Brothers Grimm (or Die Brüder Grimm), Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859), were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers but first af all the best-known storytellers of folk tales, and popularized stories such as "Cinderella" ("Aschenputtel"),...

The Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm were German academics, linguists and authors specializing in collecting and publishing folklore. They are among the most famous folklore storytellers in the world. This story begins with a poor lumberjack who gives his daughter up to Our Lady. There the girls...

Christmas fairy tales occupied a central position in the intellectual and artistic development of the whole World. For many years Christmas literature occupied minds of many nations: German, Scandinavian, Italian and others. Heroes of Christmas fairy tales find adventures that will not leave anyone...

Lyman Frank Baum was an American author well known for his famous Oz book series. The Marvelous Land of Oz is the second book of L. Frank Baum, published on July 5, 1904. Here you will find a story of the unbelievable adventures of the little boy named Tip. He travels throughout the lands of Oz and...

The third book from a famous Oz series of L. Frank Baum – popular american author whose works were brought to the stage and to the screen, also his works, which was written at the beginning of the 20th century anticipated many things which appeared many years later, such as augmented reality, laptop...

Indian literature is one of the most ancient in the world. And Indian fairy tales are the oldest existing. These are fantastic stories on various themes: miracles, magic, cunning, luck, wit etc. Joseph Jacob, an English historian and a specialist in folklore, collected some of them into a book "Indian...

The Santals are a tribe inhabiting the Eastern outskirts of the Chutia Nagpur plateau. Their religion is animistic, they believe in spirits of everything around them, of their ancestors etc. The Santals stories often feature animals, witchcraft, gods and spirits. This is a story of two brothers who...

Ancient Greek fairy tales are full of kindness, secrets and puzzles. They are filled with allegory and wisdom, a triumph of the truth above lies, tricks over insidiousness, savvy and patience. Heroes of Ancient Greek fairy tales find adventures that will not leave anyone indifferent. Once upon a time...

The shepherd lived in a forest. He always rested at the foot of one tree. One day the tree said to him: “If you pour milk every day at my roots I will grant you a boon.” So the shepherd every day poured milk at the roots of the tree and after some days he saw a crack in the ground. He thought...

Once upon a time was an old widow who had a son. She was weak and feeble and she asked a son to go to the storehouse and bring some meal for cooking. But on his return from storehouse there came the North Wind, caught up the meal and carried out the meal away through the air. A son went back into...

It is a Slavonic fairy tale. This story was translated and published by Albert Henry Wratislaw in 1890. Albert Henry Wratislaw was an English Slavonic scholar. Once upon a time Luck met Intelligence on a garden-seat. Luck said to Intelligence: "Make a room for me!" But Intelligence was outraged:...

The following story teaches us that you should never judge a person by his appearance. If someone differs from others, it doesn't mean that he is worse. He might have outstanding abilities and wits. So you should not judge a book by its cover. "The Monkey Boy" is an Indian fairy tale, which...

"The Badger's Money" is a Japanese legend. People think that animals forget received favours. Nevertheless, even birds and beasts can show gratitude. In one hut lived an old priest who prayed and meditated. He had no children. He was respected by his neighbours. They often brought him food...