"My kids would put out their shoes and the Full Moon Fairy would come and bring them a trinket," creator Karly Bonfante tells PEOPLE exclusively of her books Shane O'Donnell Karly Bonfante, a Los ...

In Elves and Fairies: A Short History of the Otherworld, Matthias Egeler follows the huldufólk from the wild places of ...

The reality of magical creatures like fairies, elves, witches and more is often debated. Most of our cultural understanding and beliefs about fairies come from mainstream movies, TV shows and comics.

Silverman started studying Balkan cultures after developing a folk dancing hobby during her undergraduate stint at the City College of New York. @@checked link@@ She continued her educational path and ...

University of Alberta provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of Alberta provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Today, while we hear a fair bit from ...

Fear old women in fairy tales. For as long as people have been telling stories, crones have been scaring the wits out of children. But why does the face of evil so often belong to an old woman?

Stumble into a circle of mushrooms while out rambling over hill and dale, and who knows what fate may befall you. You might be cursed or eaten by a giant toad, doomed to die young, or endowed with ...

“We built 4… that people know of,” Anonymouse’s Yasha Mousekewitz told CNN, adding that the project ” aims to “bring a tiny bit of magic for those walking by… drawing inspiration from Astrid Lindgren, ...