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 ...

Two scholars helped provide perspective to my Sunday (Oct. 23) Times-Picayune piece about the two new TV series that are built on fairy-tale characters and stories. This post is an edited e mail Q&A ...

Everywhere we turn there is buzz about the royal wedding. We all want to believe in fairy tales. We want to believe in "happily ever after", but then we wake up in real life. I am not trying to be ...

In Elizabeth Lim’s newest YA novel, “The Dragon’s Promise,” a young princess attempts to return a cursed pearl to its rightful owner. What could go wrong? Everything, as it turns out. The best-selling ...

Associate Professor at The Hans Christian Andersen Centre, Principal Investigator of "Fairy Tales and Stories – The Digital Manuscript Edition", University of Southern Denmark Ane Grum-Schwensen ...