Most fairy tales have a story behind each tale. Like songs such as ringa ringa rosies a pocket full of possies a tissue a tissue we all fall down, is about the balck plague. I only know they have horrific stories behind them but what is it?

what are the moral lessons behind Hans Christian Andersens fairy tales.. spacificly "the tinder box" "ugly duckling" "emporers new cloths" and "story of a mother"?

I’m looking for a site that hosts loads of fairy tales or cautionary tales whether they’re classic, original, different, unusual and so on. I have a project I’m working on that I’d like to add to my art portfolio so I appreciate all the help thanks =] Thanks for the link to the ghost stories.

i need mythological stories or fairy tales with animals in them,one is fine because that’s all i need for a project im doing. i really wanted to do the parrot from aladdin but he’s not in the original aladdin so please help.

This is a essay question that I have been set at uni. Not expecting people to answer it for me but just to get some different ideas would be good. e.g. about what traditional/modern fairy tales i should look at etc..

I believe that it was fairy tales that was read to me by my mother. I would like to find it to pass onto my nephews.

Im looking for well known stories or fairy tales or whatever that are set in a cute little village with like, a butcher, a baker, a schoolhouse, a church…that sort of thing. Thanks!

And Grimm’s fairy tales also? Seems like a lot of rhyming nonsense at times.

I need some nursery rhymes or fairy tales that are well known, however have a dark meaning or originally is different but has been adapted to make it better for children. For example little red riding hood is originally about teaching young girls about rapists, paedophiles etc. sort of haha… yeah any help would be

Like fairy tales/ creation myths and stories? I need them for my final essay for english! I need quite a few of them at least 4-5 stories that have similar symbols or are all from Brunei and the surrounding areas! Thanks! Andrew