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About Read a Fairy Tale Day
Education , Culture & Art
United States
Ends: Feb 26, 2022
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Read a Fairy Tale Day seeks to remind us of the delightfully happy endings found in fairy tales. You know, those stories where everything works out? The goblins and witches are banished, the boy always gets the girl and everyone lives happily ever after.
Fairy tales have been around since 1300 BC, that is tales of mythical creatures in ideal situations. However, the type of story we generally associate with the fairy tale originated in Europe and in the Middle East. At first these were oral stories passed down from generation to generation. During the Renaissance period, with the advent of the printing press, they proliferated.
Why this day was chosen instead of February 24 is unknown. February 24, 1786 is the day Wilhelm Carl Grimm was born, part of The Brother's Grimm with his brother Jacob. Together they became synonymous with fairy tales.
Which is the best-selling fairy tale of all time?
Prior to Disney, that would be One Thousand and One Nights, which is a compilation of stories gathered over several centuries including Scheherazade, Aladdin's Wonderful Lamp, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor. One Thousand and One Nights is actually the perfect example of East meets West in folklore, and possibly why it has remains popular throughout the world. Everyone of every culture can relate. And boys like them as much as girls.
The stories of Aladdin, Ali Baba and Sinbad were created during 17th & 18th Centuries by Europeans traveling or living in the Middle East, most notably Antoine Galland, who translated the original stories from Arabic into French; Scheherazade and others in the book were written during the 12th and 13th centuries, derived from oral legends common to Western Asia. One Thousand and One Nights is a collection of stories that took centuries to compile and required input from nearly every major culture to create the timeless fairy tales generations continue to love.
Celebrate Read a Fairy Tale Day. Grab your magic carpet, kiss a frog and ride off into the sunset with the one you love.
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