Let's face it, fairy tale retellings are an incredibly beloved genre. As a culture, we still love the traditional fairy tales, regardless of how old (or how terrifying) they are. There's a truth to ...

Once upon a time, you were a young child who loved hearing fairy tales at bedtime and watching Disney bring them to life on screen. Now that you're a grown-up, though, your tastes have grown up, too, ...

Fairy tales are everywhere these days. They rival superheroes at the movies and TV, and novelists rush to create their own darker, more relevant versions. But how well do you really know fairy tales?

"Fairy tales offer many positive opportunities for children to learn about empathy, kindness, ethics, and cooperation. But also, when fairy tales portray outdated or gender-ignorant representations, ...

Fairy tales are simple, haunting melodies that burrow into the brain in childhood only to emerge, renewed, later in life. The temptation to improvise on these classic themes has proved irresistible to ...

From Cinderella to Rapunzel to the really gruesome tales you might not know – the myth and magic of the Grimm Brothers fairy tales. Hansel and Gretel by Arthur Rackham 1909. Once upon a time – 200 ...

Luc Haasbroek is a writer and videographer from Durban, South Africa. He has been writing professionally about pop culture for eight years. Luc's areas of interest are broad: he's just as passionate ...

The fairy tales collected by the brothers Grimm are deceptively simple: little character development, plots full of holes, dubious moral stances. Like the red-as-blood apple offered to Snow White, ...

Mermaids, enchanted castles, unbreakable curses, thrilling heroics, derring-do and true love's kiss — fairy tales make for an embarrassment of riches when it comes to filmmaking. Many of the greatest ...

Broussard, an executive at a ""traditional Southern-based"" travel hospitality corporation, uses 10 fairy tales, their handsome princes and huntsmen removed, to illustrate ways women can find greater ...