A study and Critique of the greatest Fairy Tales and Folklore in the world.
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Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales

Russian Fairy Tales


Welsh Fairy Tales

Chinese Folktales

Fairy Tales for Kids
Children's Dutch Fairy Tales
Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know

Fairy Tale Motif #327
Hansel and Gretel
Molly Whuppie

Introduction to Fairy Tale Interpretation

Interpretation of Grimm's Fairy Tales.

All Foktale Interpretaions

Interpretation of the Young Giant

Interpretation of Our Lady's Child

The Spirit in the Bottle and the Three Languages, Fairy Tales about the relationship between Father and Son and Education

Interpretation of The Frog King

Interpretation of The Peasants Wise Daughter.

Analysis of the Mountain of Gold

Interpertaintion of Russian Fairy Tales

Fear Cold and Pain, the Dark World of the Russian Fairy Tale

The Simpleton in the Russian Fairy Tale

 

The Fairy Tale Story: Fairy Tales do not normally come from high origins, rather the fairytale are the peasant stories they are the folklore of daily life, passed on for generations, and from village to village. This is what makes folktales so interesting for these old wives tales as they where once called have changed and passed hand so many times that they have in essince become a mean of humanity, a conglomerate of the emotions, thoughts and experiences. As peasant tales the fairytale is a snapshot of the way normal people lived at the various times of our life, making them an often stark and harsh stories. Stories of child abandonment, lust, fear, cannibalism, and hatred. However these stories are also tales of success and love, they are stories of hope.
 For the folktales of the past are the stories to entertain the peasants in a way that was very easy for them to relate to. Lets not exaggerate the reality of such stories then, for as we watch the horror stories of today paraded unrealistically in front of us we must remember that stories are not real, they merely resemble reality, and the potential experiences, fears, and dreams and our lives.

Zeluna.net is intended to be a place to do more then simply read fairytales but as a place to come to an understanding of their meaning, and history. As time goes on we will write articles on the fairy tales of the world.

Welsh Fairy Tale Stories  by William Ellion Griffis (Penned Post WWI)
Wales is one of the lands of the Fairy, with a rich set of fairy tales about children playing with fairies, and folklore of the fairy court. In this section you can read about mortal kings who trade places with fairy kings and children who defeat giants.
Keep in mind that fairy tales are a snap shot of the emotions and feelings of a people at the time they are told. And so it is with these stories from from Wales, for at a time when they where feeling national pride surge these stories where penned with the intention of celebrating their greatness and the beauty of their land. for this reason you will see much pride in these stories, as the writer will tend to discuss the history of Wales as much as its folklore.

Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales

Russian Fairy Tale stories and Folklore


The Motif of Abandonment and Cannibalism in Folklore. Fairy Tale Story Type 327
Overview
Hansel and Gretel
Molly Whuppie

Fairy Tales for Kids
Children's Dutch Fairy Tales
Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know