Between 1550 and 1650, marvelous stories of women giving birth to animals, young girls growing penises, and valiant men slaying dragons appeared in Europe. Circulated in scientific texts and in the ...

With yet another Snow White adaptation currently in theaters, CU Boulder scholar Suzanne Magnanini reflects on the enduring appeal of fairy tales Once upon a time—this time, in fact, and many of the ...

“Have you ever wondered how a pair of glass slippers could withstand an evening of ballroom dancing? Or if it’s possible to spin straw into gold?” With textbook heft, this stuffed compendium parses ...

“The best single description I know of the world of the fairy tale is that of Max Lüthi who describes it as an abstract world, full of discrete, interchangeable people, objects and incidents, all of ...

Brothers Gabriel (left) and Sebastian Wisniewski, dressed as Jedi masters, build paper airplanes during Penn Cambria’s fairy tale night Monday. Mirror photo by Matt Churella CRESSON — Hundreds of Penn ...