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Bauer, John. (1915). Illustration of Walter Stenström's The boy and the trolls or The
Adventure in childrens' anthology Among pixies and trolls, a collection of childrens' stories, 1915. Retrieved from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John_Bauer_1915.jpg
Bauer, John. (1914). "Riddaren rider". Retrieved from: http://commons.wikimedia.org/
wikiCategory:Fairy_tales#mediaviewer/File:Riddaren_rider%2C_John_Bauer_1914.jpg
Bilibin, Ivan Yakovlevich. (1902). "Le Cavalier Rouge". Retrieved from: http://
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ReadWriteThink. (2013). "Common Elements of Fairy Tales".
Retrieved from: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson1/RWTa51-4.pdf
A Brief History & Common Features
"Children's and Household Tales" by the Brother's Grimm (Europe)
The Stories of Hans Christian Anderson (Europe)
"The 1,001 Nights" (Middle East)
"Mother Goose Tales" by Charles Perault (Europe)
Just like myths, there is no one "correct" version of the fairy tale. As such, they nicely illustrate one of the major themes of this unit: the idea that there is, "no better, only different" (in terms of stories as well as people, traditions and cultures).
That being said, here are a few features common to many fairy tales: