fairy tale
fictional story typically featuring folkloric fantasy characters and magic
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Summary
fairy tale is a literary genre[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of literary genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,243 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: form of creative work[3]
- Subclass of: tale[4], mirabilia[5], allegorical story[6]
- Commons category: Fairy tales[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Fairy tales[8], Category:Fairy tale[9]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[10], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Quarterly Review[13], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[15]
- Partially coincident with: traditional story[16]
- Has characteristic: fairy tale museum[17]
- Different from: Fairy Tail[18]
- Has list: list of fairy tales[19]
- Intended public: child[20]
- Studied by: study of fairy tales[21]
- Union of: list of values as qualifiers[22]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Narration[24]
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Influence
Things named for fairy tale include fairytale fantasy[25], a fantasy genre[26]; cinematic it[27], a film genre[28]; and fairy-tale opera[29], an opera genre[30].
Why It Matters
fairy tale has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]
Entities named for it include fairytale fantasy[25], a fantasy genre[26]; cinematic it[27], a film genre[28]; and fairy-tale opera[29], an opera genre[30].