Colourful vintage illustration shows a little fairytale boy. Vintage illustration shows the small fairytale gnome. Old picture from fairy tale book. Storybook illustration by Marie Fischerova-Kvechova. A fairy tale, fairytale, wonder tale, magic tale, fairy story or Marchen is an instance of folklore genre that takes the form of a short story. Such stories typically feature mythical entities such as dwarfs, dragons, elves, fairies and Peris, giants, Divs, gnomes, goblins, griffins, mermaids, talking animals, trolls, unicorns, or witches, and usually magic or enchantments.
|