Friends Quote by Joseph Jacobs

“Over the last three centuries our historical reception of folk and fairy tales has been so negatively twisted by aesthetic norms, educational standards and…

— Jack Zipes

Folk tales are the most authentic way of understanding a region, its legend and people.

— Shweta Basu Prasad

“Yes, that's so,' said Sam. 'And we shouldn't be here at all, if we'd known more about it before we started. But I suppose…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

What I find interesting about folklore is the dialogue it gives us with storytellers from centuries past.

— Terri Windling

Folk tales are my favourite form of story telling. They not only just adjust the reader according to the world it is introducing the…

— Shweta Basu Prasad

I've always been fascinated by the grassroots folktale level of a culture, and as a storyteller, I have to follow what seems to be…

— Robin McKinley

Fairly tales are myths, and myths are only myths because there's a grain of truth in them.

— Silas Weir Mitchell

Why are so many of us enspelled by myths and folk stories in this modern age? Why do we continue to tell the same…

— Terri Windling

“I see folktales and myths as humankind's first stories. They are a kind of collective dreaming, filled with timeless symbols and images we can…

— Marianna Mayer

One of the best things about folklore and fairy tales is that the best fantasy is what you find right around the corner, in…

— Terri Windling

There can't be a pure myth, especially when the myth has been handed down in the oral tradition. As the stories are told, they…

— Maxine Hong Kingston

Over the centuries we have transformed the ancient myths and folk tales and made them into the fabric of our lives. Consciously and unconsciously…

— Jack Zipes