Black and white antique illustration shows a girl holds a pile of books. Vintage drawing shows the girl carries a small pile of books. Old picture from fairy tale book. Storybook illustration published 1910.

Black and white antique illustration shows a girl holds a pile of books. Vintage drawing shows the girl carries a small pile of books. Old picture from fairy tale book. Storybook illustration published 1910. 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.