FOLKTALES FROM EUROPE

Many  European Folktales are about kings and queens, princes and
princesses.

There are also working people , especially farm people.

                In many European folktales, the poor farmer's son does something
                smart or kind and ends up marrying the princess.

DO YOU THINK THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED
IN REAL LIFE? The answer to that question, is NO.
The people wished that it could happen. In  the folk stories, it could happen, and did.    *   *   *   *    *   *   *   *    *   *   *   *     *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *    *   *  

Below are some examples f folktales from Europe: The Irish people in the European country called  Ireland, 
tell Irish Folk tales.

Many of these stories have little magic characters called

                  Leprechauns.

            

Usually, these Leprechauns have a pot of gold which they  hide 
 underground.

The  Leprechauns  can make magic happen.

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The German People, living in Germany,  tell
stories collected by two German men named Wilhelm and
Jacob Grimm. Most of their stories are fairy tales with magical creatures
like  fairies, witches. goblins, trolls, giants, wizards,  and others.

Some of these stories, such as SNOW WHITE, are famous.

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            and Finland people have many folktales too.            One famous Scandinavian folktale is called:                 "THE THREE BILLY GOATS GRUFF."          A famous collector of Scandinavian folktales was Hans Christian Andersen.
       Some of the stories he wrote were based on folktales.
       Andersen made up many of his own stories  too.
          Hans Christian Andersen lived in Denmark.

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