What is Fairy Tales

    Fairy tales are a type of folk tales and almost always engage some elements of magic and a conquest over evil force. The fairy tale has its origin from the ancient times. A very significant literature type, fairy tales are present in all cultures and nations worldwide. A fairy tale is one type of story that typically features fantasy characters, such as fairies, evil spirits, witches, demons, giants, mermaids, talking animals, midgets, knights and heroes, and usually magic or fascinations.
    In every culture demons and witches were recognized as real elements in ancient times. In generally, a fairy tale is a story with fantasy and magic, along with few unbelievable characters and in the end, there will a happy ending. It is similar like folk tales, but it contains more fantasy and totally based on the imaginations. Fairy tales may merge into legends, where the description may be is grounded in a historical truth. Like legends or epics, they usually do not contain more than superficial references to religion and actual places, people, and events; they take place once upon a time rather than in actual times. Some times a fairy tale is constructed by the author’s imagination only; there is no historical ground for that.

    The author of fairy tales is known and they are written down. In comparison to myths and legends, the time and place of incident in fairy tales are not defined. It was not until the 17th century that fairy tales were written down and saved for future generations.

    There are few famous fairy tales authors-

Charles Perrault
Grimm Brothers
Hans Christian Andersen
Alexander Afanasvev
Carlo Lorenzini (Carlo Collodi)
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll)