You don't have to look far to see the presence of fairy tales still being told today on television. But what is it about these age-old stories that stand the test of time and have audiences coming ...

Once upon a time there was a king with three daughters, the youngest of whom was the most beautiful and gentle girl ever seen but the older two rather ugly and proud. One night, the three were talking ...

When recalling popular fairy tales, most people think of authors from the 19th century like the brothers Grimm or Hans Christian Andersen. But new research finds that popular stories like "Jack and ...

Read “Jack and the Beanstalk” to your kids this evening, and you are probably putting them in touch with human sentiments that are thousands of years old. Same goes if you read them “Beauty and the ...

Everyone loves a good story with a princess, a silver tower, birds turned to dragons, a frog and — of course — a fairy or two with special talents and surprising abilities. Jane Harrington has written ...

Evil stepmothers, witches and crones: When they aren't poisoning princesses, they're mangling mermaids or trying to eat children. One writer... Why Are Old Women Often The Face Of Evil In Fairy Tales ...

There was once, in Yorkshire at a place called Dalton, a Giant that was a miller and who used to grind men’s bones to make bread. One day the giant had caught a boy named Jack, and kept him as his ...