Urban Legends
Im sharing these Urban Legends with you. These are NOT MINE. :) Credit goes to the Rightful owner. Cover Photos by : xhinitoprinz IAmMissImperfectLady
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The Bear
The Bear is a fairy tale collected by Andrew Lang in The Grey Fairy Book. It is Aarne-Thompson classification system type 510B, unnatural love. Others of this type include Cap O' Rushes, Catskin, Little Cat Skin, Allerleirauh, The King who Wished to Marry His Daughter, The She-Bear, Tattercoats, Mossycoat, The Princes...
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The Master Maid
The Master Maid is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in their Norske Folkeeventyr. Master indicates 'superior, skilled'. Jørgen Moe wrote the tale down from the storyteller Anne Godlid in Seljord on a short visit in the autumn of 1842. Andrew Lang translated the tale to Engli...
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The Nixie of the Mill Pond
The Nixie of the Mill Pond is a German fairy tale that tells the story of a man captured by a nixie (water spirit) and his wife's efforts to save him. The Brothers Grimm collected the tale in their Grimm's Fairy Tales (1857) as tale number 181. A note in the volume indicated that it was current in Upper Lusatia when t...
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The Story of Pretty Goldilocks
The Story of Pretty Goldilocks or The Beauty with Golden Hair is a French literary fairy tale written by Madame d'Aulnoy. Andrew Lang included it in The Blue Fairy Book. It is Aarne-Thompson type 531. This type is generally called "The Clever Horse," but is known in French as La Belle aux cheveux d'or, after this tale...
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GRIMM'S FAIRYTALES (Completed)
Children's and Household Tales (German: Kinder- und Hausmärchen) is a collection of fairy tales first published in 1812 by the Grimm brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm. The collection is commonly known in English as Grimms' Fairy Tales.
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Creepiest Fairy Tales Ever Told
Although these are called fairy tales, don't let that fool you ... not all of them have happy endings. In fact, some are filled with what nightmares are made of. Did you know that fairy tales in their original form were grotesque and frightening stories? Get ready to enjoy a collection of fairy tales that children sho...
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My Own Fairy Tales
Here is a collection of my own Fairy Tales. Filled with magic, adventure and love. All about how the main characters get their happy endings.
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Original Fairy Tales
DISCLAIMER: These works are not mine, and are a product of their time that may have language that is racist, homophobic, sexist, etc,. Please read at your own risk. It is important to note that I do not agree with some of the language within these writings, but considering their historical value, deserve to be read an...
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Mr. Fox
An English variant of The Robber Bridegroom, a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, that was included in English Fairy Tale by Joseph Jacobs.
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The Robber Bridegroom
The Robber Bridegroom is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 40. Joseph Jacobs included a variant, Mr. Fox, in English Fairy Tales, but the original provenance is much older; Shakespeare (circa 1599) alludes to the Mr. Fox variant in Much Ado About Nothing, Act 1, Scene 1: Like the old tal...
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The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King is a story written in 1816 by Prussian author E. T. A. Hoffmann, in which young Marie Stahlbaum's favorite Christmas toy, the Nutcracker, comes alive and, after defeating the evil Mouse King in battle, whisks her away to a magical kingdom populated by dolls. The story was originally p...
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Stories Based On Taylor Swift Songs
From the Tiktok series on @rileyd1142's channel. Each story is based on a specific Taylor Swift song.
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betty // a folklore fanfiction
❝𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺, 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦, 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘦... 𝘐'𝘮 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯, 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶...❞ - the revised version -
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Betty's Cardigan
The story behind the teenage love triangle in Taylor Swift's folklore. *I had started this story long before the Folklore Long Pond Studio Sessions, so the August girl is named Lorraine here.* Highest ranks: #1 in cardigan #1 in folklore #4 in August #1 in betty #68 in Taylor #69 in Taylor Swift Character Playlists a...
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Sensual Politics
#1 on #taylorswift ♡ She said, "James, get in. Let's drive." Those days turned into nights. Slept next to her but I dreamt of you all summer long. ~•~ ▪︎Inspired by the 'teenage love traingle' in Taylor Swift's eighth studio album, folklore. ▪︎Can be read as a stand alone, o...
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Skin Deep
A tale as old as time with a rather different twist. When Beau's father steals a cursed rose from the garden of a terrifying beast, Beau bravely offers to take his father's place in servitude. Cursed to appear in the form that will terrify the beholder most, Brielle doesn't know what to make of the new addition to h...
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Out of Water
~The Little Mermaid Retold~ Ares has always hated the sea: a problem given that he lives beneath its waves. While his family are content to rule the oceans, Ares longs for a life on the shore as a human. When Ares rescues a music-obsessed Princess Erica from drowning, his desire to walk on land is intensified. But g...
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Princess Charming
Every culture has its own version of Cinderella, whether it features glass slippers and fairy godmothers, or enchanted trees and magic fish, the love story endures and goodness is always rewarded. But in this story, Ella has been replaced by Elliot and her beloved prince is a princess severely lacking in charm. Elli...
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The Goose Girl
The Goose Girl is a German fairy tale from the collection of the Brothers Grimm. It was first published in 1815 as no. 3 in vol. 2 of the first edition of their Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Children's and Household Tales - Grimms' Fairy Tales). Since the second edition, published in 1819, The Goose Girl has been recorded...
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The Wild Swans
The Wild Swans is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a princess who rescues her 11 brothers from a spell cast by an evil queen. The tale was first published on 2 October 1838 as the first installment in Andersen's Fairy Tales Told for Children by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark. It has been ad...
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Tristan and Isolde
Tristan and Iseult is a tale made popular during the 12th century through French medieval poetry, inspired by Celtic legend and possibly the 11th century Persian story Vis and Rāmin. It has become an influential romance and tragedy, retold in numerous sources with many variations. The tragic story is of the adulterous...
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Rapunzel
"Rapunzel" (/rəˈpʌnzəl/; German pronunciation: [ʁaˈpʊnt͡səl]) is a German fairy tale in the collection assembled by the Brothers Grimm, and first published in 1812 as part of Children's and Household Tales.[1] The Grimm Brothers' story is an adaptation of the fairy tale Persinette by Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Fo...
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Mother Holle
Frau Holle" (also known as "Mother Holle", "Mother Hulda" or "Old Mother Frost") is a German fairy tale that comes from the book Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Children's and Household Tales) collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.[1] "Frau Holle" is the 24th story in the first volume of the book published in 1812 as part of...
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Diamonds and Toads
Diamonds and Toads or Toads and Diamondsis a French fairy tale by Charles Perrault, and titled by him "Les Fées" or "The Fairies". Andrew Lang included it in The Blue Fairy Book.[1] It was illustrated by Laura Valentine in Aunt Louisa's nursery favourite.[2] In his source, as in Mother Hulda, the kind girl was the ste...
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The Little Mermaid
"The Little Mermaid" (Danish: Den lille havfrue) is a well-known fairy tale by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen about a young mermaid willing to give up her life in the sea and her identity as a mermaid to gain a human soul and the love of a human prince. The tale was first published in 1837 and has been adap...
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Sun, Moon and Talia
Sun, Moon and Talia (Sole, Luna e Talia) is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone. Charles Perrault retold this fairy tale in 1697 as The Sleeping Beauty and also the Brothers Grimm in 1812 as Little Briar Rose. It is Aarne-Thompson type 410; other tales of thi...
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The Cinder Maid
This version of Cinderella is Joseph Jacobs' reconstruction of the story's original form, based on his analysis of the common features of hundreds of variants collected throughout Europe.
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Cupid and Psyche
Cupid and Psyche is a story from the Latin novel Metamorphoses, also known as The Golden Ass, written in the 2nd century AD by Apuleius. It concerns the overcoming of obstacles to the love between Psyche (/ˈsaɪkiː/, Greek: Ψυχή, "Soul" or "Breath of Life") and Cupid (Latin Cupido, "Desire") or Amor ("Love", Greek Eros...
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