Many well-loved fairy tales predate the Bible, Greek and Roman myths, and many current European languages and world religions, a new study has found. The Brothers Grimm collected fairy tales back in ...

Ancient Europeans had a long tradition of oral storytelling before they had a written language, it turns out. Researchers from New University of Lisbon and Durham University have published new ...

Rosamund Hodge's debut novel Cruel Beauty (Balzer + Bray) is sure to appeal to the fairy-tale hungry YA fans, but it's certainly not just another bland entry into the subgenre. By blending Greek ...

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