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...

In the Lithuanian fairy tale Godmother Death (full text below), neither man nor god reign supreme. Rather, both characters engage in a lif...

Edward Burne Jones, Sleeping Beauty A very long time ago there lived a king and queen. Each day they said to each other “If only we ha...

In the Fairy Tale One-Eye, Two-Eyes and Three-Eyes , the mysterious Wise Woman is probably a Norn (for complete text of fairy tale, se...