Cecilia Bōhl de Faber was a nineteenth-century novelist, short story writer, and folkorist who immersed herself in the oral tradition of southern Spain. "The Bird of Truth" is a translation of one of ...

A few hundred years ago, fairy tale auteurs like the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen and Charles Perrault helped bring magical tales of princesses, evil ogres, dark forests, weird spells and ...

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?

This is Goldilocks like you've never seen her. Bathed in a golden light, she looks out from a photo resembling a fashion magazine spread with a commanding stare, surrounded by massive teddy bears.