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Fairy Tales
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[German Version] I. Literary History – II. Religious History – III. In Religious Education
I. Literary History The fairy tale (the diminutive German term
Märchen derives from MHG
maere, “tidings,” “news,” “story, narrative”; the English term has been variously derived from ME
faie, fei< MF
feie, fee< Lat.
fata; a genre term since the 16th cent.) as a basic genre of literary narrative is ¶ characterized by elements of the fantastic, miraculous, and supernatural. Neither the authors nor the circumstances of origin of fairy tales are known; although over the …
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Religion Past and Present
