Is anyone known as the father of fairy tales?

French author Charles Perrault was born 388 years ago on January 12, and has become immortalised as the father of the fairy tale as we know it. ... read more

There is someone who’s often called the mother of fairy tales: Madame d’Aulnoy (a.k.a. Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d’Aulnoy) because she coined the term ‘fairy tale’ when she titled her 1697 collection of fairy tales Les Contes des Fées. read more

Note: Certain fairy tales, like"Beauty and the Beast" and"Cinderella," have been told and retold so often in mainstream American society that they're deeply ingrained in our minds."Cinderella," which remains popular as a Disney cartoon film, has even been remade by Disney as a live action movie coming out this spring. read more