[Research] Fairy tale

wiki [Fairy tale] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_tale


Term of Fairy tale

: "Fairy tale is an English language term for a type of short narrative corresponding to the French phrase conte de fée, the German term Märchen, the Italian fiaba, the Polish baśń or the Swedish saga. Only a small number of the stories thus designated explicitly refer to fairies. Nonetheless, the stories may be distinguished from other folk narratives such as legends and traditions (which generally involve belief in the veracity of the events described)[1] and explicitly moral tales, including beast fables. Fairy tales typically feature such folkloric characters as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, giants or gnomes, and usually magic or enchantments. Often the story will involve a far-fetched sequence of events."



Urban Legend, urban myth or urban tale (it can easily be exaggerated by individual bias)


wiki [Urban Legend] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_legend

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I believe that only few urban tales are onriginated by a real event in the history then most of them are built through people's mouthes. Whether the tale is true or not, in fact a tale has significant potential effect in human society. A story can be loaded lots of additional meanings by tellers during it is deliverying (spreading).


Stories only for kids? No way.

: To me, a fairy tale is still an inspiring item. A good fairy tale involves lots of hidden meanings which you cannot see if you don't find out. It is like a game, for instance, each character in a tale possibly represents or reflects something else. In Ugly Duckling, the normal ducks possibly represent the aspect of bullies at school. So the whole tale can describe the social problem of bullying in school today. The things that I want to point out is you can address the story into your life. Moreover, as far as your knowledge broadened, you can see the more sides of the same tale what you have read in the past. It is worth to re-read it in different ages. This is the thing that I expect what is going to be found by me. I am ready to find new meanings on it.