Fairy Tales and Monsters: Search Tips

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Consider the following suggestions for search terms/phrases when searching for content related to fairy tales and folk literature. Both folk literature and fairy tales are broad, inclusive ideas (concepts). Narrow your search as pertinent to your research.

Begin with a broad term for the type of literature:

Fairy tales

Folk literature

Folk tales

Children's literature

Monsters

Each of these broad search terms can be narrowed down in various ways. Apply these options to each of the broad search terms.

Fairy tales in art

-- in comics

-- in literature

-- in mass media

-- in motion pictures

-- in music

-- in opera

-- in popular culture

-- in televison

For adaptations of tales, motifs, and tropes: 

Fairy tales -- Film adaptations

-- Television adaptations

For history, literary analysis, and literary criticism:

Fairy tales -- History and criticism

-- Moral and ethical aspects

-- Themes, motives

Psychoanalysis in fairy tales

Symbolism in fairy tales

For tales associated with a specific country or culture, follow this pattern: 

 Fairy tales, Australian

-- English

-- French

-- German

-- Greek (modern)

-- Irish

-- Italian

-- Persian

-- Polish

-- Puerto Rican

-- Russian

For specific fairy or folk tales, follow this pattern: 

Cinderella (Tale)

Beauty and the Beast (Tale)

Rumplestiltskin (Tale)

Snow White (Tale)

For specific characters:

Characters and characteristics in art

in comics

-- in literature

-- in mass media

-- in motion pictures

-- in music

-- in opera

-- in popular culture

-- in televison

Dracula, Count (Ficticious character)

[character's name] (Fictional character)

[character's name] (Legendary character)