fairy tale

Summary

fairy tale is a literary genre^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of literary_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,142 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• fairy tale's instance of is recorded as literary genre^[3].
• fairy tale's instance of is recorded as form of creative work^[4].
• fairy tale is a type of tale^[5].
• fairy tale is a type of mirabilia^[6].
• fairy tale is a type of allegorical story^[7].
• fairy tale's Commons category is recorded as Fairy tales^[8].
• fairy tale's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fairy tales^[9].
• fairy tale's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fairy tale^[10].
• fairy tale's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[11].
• fairy tale's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[12].
• fairy tale's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[13].
• fairy tale's described by source is recorded as Quarterly Review^[14].
• fairy tale's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[15].
• fairy tale's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary^[16].
• fairy tale's partially coincident with is recorded as traditional story^[17].
• fairy tale's has characteristic is recorded as fairy tale museum^[18].
• fairy tale's different from is recorded as Fairy Tail^[19].
• fairy tale's has list is recorded as list of fairy tales^[20].
• fairy tale's intended public is recorded as child^[21].
• fairy tale's studied by is recorded as study of fairy tales^[22].
• fairy tale's union of is recorded as list of values as qualifiers^[23].
• fairy tale's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[24].
• fairy tale's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Narration^[25].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include literary genre^[3] and form of creative work^[4]. Recorded subclass of include tale^[5], mirabilia^[6], and allegorical story^[7].

Influence

Things named for fairy tale include fairytale fantasy^[26], a fantasy genre^[27]; fairy-tale opera^[28], an opera genre^[29]; and cinematic it^[30], a film genre^[31].

Why It Matters

fairy tale ranks in the top 2% of literary_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,142 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for it include fairytale fantasy^[26], a fantasy genre^[27]; fairy-tale opera^[28], an opera genre^[29]; and cinematic it^[30], a film genre^[31].