Halfway to Fairyland

 Last time I went through the folklore section at the bookstore—my favorite place to be—I noticed that there were, like, eight different boo...

 The Golden Crab is, as I’m sure will surprise no one who’s spent any time here, another enchanted bridegroom story. It’s Greek, though I re...

 Okay. Okay. So. The Emperor's New Clothes. Here's the thing about the Emperor's New Clothes. If the clothes were real. If they ...

 This story is—well. It’s really something. It’s Polish; I read it in Andrew Lang’s Yellow Fairy Book, but I did double check the origin thr...

 I have always adored this story. I’m not sure why, because it also makes me kind of mad? But it’s fantastic. Once a peasant and his daughte...

 This story is completely unrelated to Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, although it does also prominently feature a dwarf. I have no idea w...

 So this whole story type is weird. Or at least, the categorization of it is. The variant I had read that made me want to make a post was “K...