Fairytales are among the oldest of folk stories, and many survive into the modern-day (think Disney). Most fairytales have some element of fantastical in them, dragons, dwarves, goblins, the usual entities for most folklore. They take short story form and are mostly of European origin. While initial tellings of these stories targeted adults as well as children, modern-day works are focused primarily on children and children’s literature. 

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