Everyone knows them – but how do they come to be? And why are they similar all over the world? In an excerpt from her new book, academic and writer Marina Warner investigates. Imagine the history of ...

Source: The state Tretyakov gallery. The house-Museum of V. M. Vasnetsov, Moscow/Public Domain One definition of what separates us from other species is our ability to construct narratives from our ...

Zipes might argue that its truth stems from an engagement with its conditions of origin. As he has persuasively shown, both in his most recent book and in many previous ones, the tales reflect the ...

As humanity progressed, other types of stories developed. These were not concerned with the mysteries of the meaning of life but with everyday, domestic matters. While they were more mundane in the ...

Psychology says people who believe in fairy tales are often viewed as unrealistic, but psychology presents a different ...