Tony and I got to go to Ravinia last night to see Lord of the Rings: Return of the King with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra playing the sou...

Yet another example of the variety of ways artists have chosen to explore the versatile tale of Little Red Riding Hood. This first o...

It's kind of amazing to me how internet resources for fairy tales have exploded in the past few years. When I first found out that there...

"I love fairy tales because they are so realistic: we all face wolves and want to go to the ball. Their realism is...

I just recently listed a few reasons that mothers in fairy tales are villainized , historically, but I had another thought. Louis Rhead ...

Although we can only speculate as to the intentions and beliefs of older cultures who told fairy tales, we do know that fear of witches an...

It's been pretty great to see this thread going around the internet! Since my post You Know You're a Fairy Tale Blogger When... ...

Andersen's "The Little Mermaid" is the most well-known Danish mermaid tale, although that was based on literary French storie...

I had almost missed this post over on Surlalune, so make sure you read it if you haven't already: the fairy tale community responded to...

People are still intrigued by the history of Maleficent, (which is wonderful!) and I myself was curious after reading more reviews about whe...