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Macdonald, George

(Encyclopedia) Macdonald, George, 1824–1905, Scottish author. Ordained a Congregational minister, he eventually abandoned his vocation to become a writer and freelance preacher. His first published…

fairy

(Encyclopedia) fairy, in folklore, one of a variety of supernatural beings endowed with the powers of magic and enchantment. Belief in fairies has existed from earliest times, and literatures all…

Andersen, Hans Christian

(Encyclopedia) Andersen, Hans Christian, 1805–75, Danish poet, novelist, and writer of fairy tales. Born to an illiterate washerwoman and reared in poverty, he left Odense at 14 for Copenhagen, where…

Basile, Giovanni Battista

(Encyclopedia) Basile, Giovanni BattistaBasile, Giovanni Battistajōvänˈnē bät-tēsˈtä bäsēˈlā [key], 1575–1632, Italian writer. Basile held several important official positions, devoting his spare…

Fairy Tales

  The Brothers Grimm The text is based on translations from the Grimms' "Kinder und Hausmarchen" by Edgar Taylor and Marian Edwardes. Contents The Golden Bird Hans in Luck Jorinda…

Andersen's Fairy Tales: Andersen's Fairy Tales

Andersen's Fairy TalesContentsThe Emperor's New ClothesThe SwineherdThe Real PrincessThe Shoes of FortuneThe Fir TreeThe Snow QueenThe Leap-FrogThe ElderbushThe BellThe Old HouseThe Happy…

Asbjørnsen, Peter Christian

(Encyclopedia) Asbjørnsen, Peter ChristianAsbjørnsen, Peter Christianpāˈtər krēsˈtyän äsˈbyörnsən [key], 1812–85, Norwegian folklorist, writer, and naturalist. Norwegian Folk Stories (4 vol., 1841–44…

Afanasyev, Aleksandr Nikolayevich

(Encyclopedia) Afanasyev, Aleksandr NikolayevichAfanasyev, Aleksandr Nikolayevichəlyĭksänˈdər nyĭkəlīˈəvĭch əfənäˈsyəf [key], 1826–71, Russian folklorist. His collections, published from 1866 on,…

Grimm, Jakob

(Encyclopedia) Grimm, JakobGrimm, Jakobyäˈkôp grĭm [key], 1785–1863, German philologist and folklorist, a founder of comparative philology. His interest in the relationship among Germanic languages…

Perrault, Charles

(Encyclopedia) Perrault, CharlesPerrault, Charlesshärl pĕrōˈ [key], 1628–1703, French poet. His collections of eight fairy tales, Histoires ou contes du temps passé [stories or tales of olden times…