A fairy tale from Visp, Switzerland: the mysterious Achti-light. Last seen in the hot summer days sometime around 1890, a man r...

The Phantom Rider of Switzerland On stormy spring nights the  Reuss River rushes wildly through the jagged rocks in the Aargau Valley in S...

(Illustration by Harald Wiberg) A Fairy Tale from Switzerland: The Venetian Gnome In ancient times dark-haired persons often traveled ...

‘Tis destiny unshunnable, like death. (Othello) In this legend from Switzerland, a saint acquires the gift of second sight through pray...

The Bird, Who Tells the Truth, a Fairy Tale from the Rhaeto-Romansh Region of Switzerland One morning a miller found a large and heavy ch...

From the shores of Lake Geneva: Fairy Tale of the Little Swineherd (This fairy tale takes place on Lake Leman in Switzerland, which is ...

Reading the Fairy Tale The Sun Prince In the tantalizing tale of the Sun Prince (full text below), the abundant Christian images (fl...

The Wonderful and Strange Fairy Tale of the Sun Prince (A fairy tale from the Merino region of Switzerland) A long time ago there...

Strange Steeds in Switzerland Fairy Tale of Zawudschawu , the Night Horse Many monsters were said to inhabit the mountains and valleys in...

In these fairy tales, some words must never be spoken. In Switzerland a farmhand married Tirli-wirli, the daughter of a gnome. One day sh...