Colorful antique illustration shows an animal family - hedgehog, squirrel, frog on the meadow. Vintage drawing shows an aniamal family - hedgehog, squirrel, frog on the meadow. Storybook illustration published 1910

Colorful antique illustration shows an animal family - hedgehog, squirrel, frog on the meadow. Vintage drawing shows an aniamal family - hedgehog, squirrel, frog on the meadow. 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.