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American fairy tales, a folklore genre that takes the form of a short story. Such stories typically feature entities such as dwarfs, dragons, elves, fairies, giants, gnomes, goblins, griffins, mermaids, talking animals, trolls, unicorns, or witches, and usually magic or enchantments.
In addition to American Fairy Tales, Baum's Dot and Tot of Merryland and The Master Key appeared in 1901. Publisher George M. Hill sold the serialization rights to the twelve stories in AFT to five major newspapers, the Pittsburgh Dispatch, The Boston Post, The Cincinnati Enquirer, the St. Louis Republic, and The Chicago Chronicle. The stories ...
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, [1] is a story that differs "from an oral folk tale" in that it is written by "a ...
Title Other titles Place of origin Date first recorded [a] Origin Animal Fair: United States c. 1898 [119] Origin unknown, sung by minstrels and sailors as early as 1898. As I was going by Charing Cross 'As I was going to Charing Cross' United Kingdom c. 1845 [120] Origin unknown, the rhyme is thought to refer to the equestrian statue of Charles I.
Native American cultures are rich in myths and legends that explain natural phenomena and the relationship between humans and the spirit world. According to Barre Toelken, feathers, beadwork, dance steps and music, the events in a story, the shape of a dwelling, or items of traditional food can be viewed as icons of cultural meaning.
The Golden Goose might be added, if this were really a list of fairy tales. --Wetman 01:05, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC) Well the Wizard of Oz-page claims it was the first widely translated American fairy tale. I suppose it could be included. I have more qualms with this list than that actually... --Steerpike 12:05, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
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