The Langs' Fairy Books are a series of 25 collections of true and fictional stories for children published between 1889 and 1913 by Andrew Lang and his...

or translator of Lang's Colour/Rainbow Fairy Books which he edited. He was educated at Selkirk Grammar School, Loretto School, and the Edinburgh Academy...

Green fairy may refer to: Absinthe, an alcoholic beverage The Green Fairy Book (1892) in the series Lang's Fairy Books Fern the Green Fairy, one of the Rainbow...

A fairy (also fay, fae, fey, fair folk, or faerie) is a type of mythical being or legendary creature, generally described as anthropomorphic, found in...

of Zanzibar (1870). Andrew Lang included it in The Violet Fairy Book (1901). It is Aarne-Thompson type 550, the quest for the golden bird/firebird. A Sultan...

through to the late 1920s. He came to public attention when he provided the illustrations for Andrew Lang's Fairy Books, sold worldwide in the 1880s and...

and writer of The Fairy Books, a series of 25 collections of folk and fairy tales for children she published with her husband, Andrew Lang, between 1889...

Fairy tales are stories that range from those in folklore to more modern stories defined as literary fairy tales. Despite subtle differences in the categorizing...

Anthony Reubens (1850). Fairy Tales From All Nations. New York: Harper. pp. 132–136. "THE CROW from Andrew Lang's Fairy Books". mythfolklore.net. Retrieved...

until the 21st century, an early detractor was Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang, selector and editor of the popular children's series Lang's Fairy Books. Lang...

Virgilius the Sorcerer is a fairy tale about the poet Virgil by Andrew Lang who included it in The Violet Fairy Book. Medieval legends attributed magical...

"Blockhead Hans") appeared in Andrew Lang's 1894 The Yellow Fairy Book, although Lang gave no source for the tale. The tale has been variously translated...

The Elf Maiden is a Sámi fairy tale, collected by J. C. Poestion in Lapplandische Märchen. Andrew Lang included it in The Brown Fairy Book. Once upon...

uses the phrase "in the days of auld lang syne" as the equivalent of "once upon a time" in his retelling of fairy tales in the Scots language. The song...

"On Fairy-Stories" is a 1947 essay by J. R. R. Tolkien which discusses the fairy story as a literary form. It was written as a lecture entitled "Fairy Stories"...

Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 130. Andrew Lang included it, as "Little One-eye, Little...

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books, additionally tying the selected tales together with a larger plot. McKiernan currently lives in Tucson, Arizona. The Iron Tower...

A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story, household tale, magic tale, or wonder tale) is a short story that belongs to the folklore...

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books, Andrew Lang (from 1889) Catriona, Robert Louis Stevenson (1893) The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling (1894) Through the Sikh War...

"The Six Swans" (German: Die sechs Schwäne) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales in 1812 (KHM 49). It is of Aarne–Thompson...

Quest was inspired by fairy tales, which designer Roberta Williams loved reading, in particular the Andrew Lang's Fairy Books. Many creatures, characters...

leaders of the Estonian national awakening. He also was a role model for young Estonian-speaking intellectuals. Andrew Lang's Fairy Books J. R. R. Tolkien...

"The Fairy Aurora" (in Romanian: Zâna Zorilor, lit. 'Fairy of Dawn') is a fairy tale written by Ioan Slavici and published in June 1872. Mihai Eminescu...

Romanian fairy tale collected in Rumänische Märchen by Mite Kremnitz (1882). Fairy tale collector Andrew Lang included it in his The Violet Fairy Book (1901)...

The Child who came from an Egg or The Egg-Born Princess (Estonian: Munast sündinud kuningatütar) is an Estonian fairy tale, collected by Dr. Friedrich...

produce the most commonly retold version. Later, Andrew Lang retold the story in Blue Fairy Book, a part of the Fairy Book series, in 1889. The fairy-tale...

John Jones and Catherine Willbery 1993 Ciabattari, Jane (7 December 2015). "The 100 greatest British novels". BBC. Retrieved 8 December 2015. Balliol College...

Fairy Gifts (in French : Les Dons) is a French literary fairy tale, by the Comte de Caylus (1692–1765). Andrew Lang included it in his The Green Fairy...

W. F. Kirby included it, as "The Wood of Tontla" in The Hero of Esthonia. Andrew Lang included it in The Violet Fairy Book; he listed his source as Ehstnische...

many variants. Andrew Lang included one in The Lilac Fairy Book. The ointment itself, as a substance allowing a human to see fairies, occasionally appears...