Read FairyTaleChannel's featured tale of the month: The Possessed Princess , an ancient tale of demons, pharaohs, dancing princesses...

An ancient Egyptian fairy tale describing the tribulations of a possessed princess and her wondrous cure by the miraculous works of the dei...

The Possessed Princess, an ancient Egyptian fairy tale,  is our tale of the month! Scroll below or hit the following links to read th...

But the demon spoke from inside the princess and said “You come in peace, you powerful god, you banisher of evil. You are lo...

The Possessed Princess, an Egyptian Fairy Tale Part 1    Cast of Characters: ...

Cast of Characters : The Moon God, Chunsu , also known as Neferhetep, the Beautiful Resting One An offshoot of this deity, Chuns...

Two melancholic tales for the moody month of January: The Possessed Princess Place:   Ancient Egypt, Northeastern Syria and th...

The current events in Egypt make it seem only natural to turn to a fairy tale from that region of the world. Here is one from ancient Egyp...

In the fairy tale The Doomed Prince , we meet a prince whose fate it is to die at a young age. As he grows, he longs to become indepen...

In the puzzling tale of the Doomed Prince   we encounter a prince who never really grows to adulthood. His fate is foretold by the H...

A manuscript dating to approximately 1000 B.C. bears the designation Papyrus Harris 500 , marking it as the property of Mr. Harris at ...

The Temptation of Christ on the Mountain, Duccio du Buoninsegna (c. 1255-1319), Frick Collection (2 versions of the original story p...