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Fairy tales are stories that range from those in folklore to more modern stories defined as literary fairy tales. Despite subtle differences in the categorizing of fairy tales, folklore, fables, myths, and legends, a modern definition of the literary fairy tale, as provided by Jens Tismar's monograph in German, is a story that differs "from an oral folk tale" in that it is written by "a single ...
The Water of Life (Spanish fairy tale) The Wounded Lion. Categories: European fairy tales. Spanish fantasy. Spanish folklore. Fairy tales by country. Spanish children's literature.
The novel Don Quixote (/ ˌ d ɒ n k iː ˈ h oʊ t iː /; Spanish: Don Quijote ⓘ, Spanish: El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha) was written by the Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes. Published in two volumes a decade apart (in 1605 and 1615), Don Quixote is one of the most influential works of literature from the Spanish Golden Age ...
Grimms' Fairy Tales, originally known as the Children's and Household Tales ( German: Kinder- und Hausmärchen, pronounced [ˌkɪndɐ ʔʊnt ˈhaʊsmɛːɐ̯çən], commonly abbreviated as KHM ), is a German collection of fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, first published on 20 December 1812. Vol. 1 of the first edition ...
In many stories, they talk of Pan, or just satyrs, in general, are known to play tricks on people, especially children, for their amusement. Pedro Urdemales – a trickster folk hero from Iberian and Latin American folklore; Prometheus - Tricks Zeus over sacrifices at Mecone, steals fire on behalf of mankind.
This is a partial list of works that use metafictional ideas. Metafiction is intentional allusion or reference to a work's fictional nature. It is commonly used for humorous or parodic effect, and has appeared in a wide range of mediums, including writing, film, theatre, and video gaming.
17277096. ¡Adiós, Cordera! (1892) is a Spanish short story written by Leopoldo Alas (also known as Clarín ). Although the author's works are considered examples of realism or naturalism, many consider him a harbinger of modernism. The story is a dystopian work that deals with the rise of industrialization and modernity in Spain.
Frontispiece to The How and Why Library, 1909. " Once upon a time " is a stock phrase used to introduce a narrative of past events, typically in fairy tales and folk tales. It has been used in some form since at least 1380 (according to the Oxford English Dictionary) in storytelling in the English language and has started many narratives since ...