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Do fairy tales really exist in real life or

do they just represent the good things
in human nature?

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David W. Vogel
retired engineering director · Author has 14.5K answers
and 9.5M answer views · 7y

Fairy tales are usually symbolic of something deeper

than magic or fanciful beings.

But since I moved from California to Germany, I do see

real things that must have inspired the stories. In creeks
in the Black Forest, grows a variety of very long moss
which sways gracefully in the current. My German wife
has called it “fairy hair” since she was little. In late
spring, it sprouts little white flowers straight up out of
the water, which also dance with the current. A
particular insect visits the flowers. It has four wings like
a damsel fly or bluebottle, but it flutters them quietly
like a butterfly. Half or two-thirds of each wing is
transparent, but is tipped in blue-green. They fly about
those flowers in groups, but are very shy so we can
never get a good photo, or even a good look. My wife
and I call them fairies, even though we have never got
close enough to verify whether their bodies look
human.
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Fairy tales, as traditional stories featuring magical

elements and moral lessons, don't exist in real life in the
literal sense. However, they often reflect deep truths
about human nature, societal values, and the
complexities of life. Here are a few points to consider:

1. Symbolism and Morality: Fairy tales often

symbolize human experiences, such as love,
loss, bravery, and redemption. They convey
moral lessons, illustrating the consequences of
actions and the importance of virtues like
kindness and courage.

2. Cultural Reflection: These stories can serve

as mirrors to the cultures
Continue they originate fro
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Todor Borissov
Attorney at Law, publisher of Penkiller.com, scienc… · 1y
hobbyst
Fairy tales are based on eiter old events that were
decorated while retold for many generations, or on
moral stories meant to teach the auditory something.

What attracts my attention are the magic fairy tales

about time travel, instant teleportation, very strong
mediums/magicians being able to read minds or know
the future and the past. - What if those stories come
from a time when a wandering black hole passed
through our galactic neighbourhood? What if once
there was time dilation differential between regions on
Earth or some instants of such
Continue natural phenomenons
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that altered cause and effect
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Rishika Dhody
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I think of fairy tales as sweet stories which focus on
human emotions. There is often a sprinkling of
randomness or coincidence in these tales. There is a
sense of the universe conspiring to help the
protagonists in their endeavors.

So yes, fairy tales exist in real life. They exist in random

moments of kindness. They exist in the time when long
held aspirations come to fruition. They exist in the
intentions of all living beings.
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J. Richard Jacobs
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“Do fairytales exist or are a fallacy?”

This question is ambiguous, but I think I know what is

being asked. First, I’ll answer the question as asked:
Yes, fairy tales exist. I have an entire collection of them
in my library. One can find them at the local public
library. One can purchase them from various
bookstores and online.

Now, I think what is being asked is if fairy tales are true

and the answer to that is, NO. They are not true. They
are stories of fiction, many with a moral message, some
with a life lesson, but all areReading
Continue fiction. Frequently, fairy
tales employ a metaphorical style and supe
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Kevin Tavris
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Related If "fairy tales" aren’t real, then where did
the whole concept of "fairies" come from?
I believe the origin of “fairies” came from a naturally
occurring phenomenon which later became known as
“fairy rings” or “fairy circles”.

In a process that I won’t get into in depth here,

mushrooms and other kinds of fungus can initially form
a small ring in the ground. The the fungus flesh dies off
and is broken down back into the soil, a new living
colony of fungus forms outside of that previous ring.
This creates a ring of mushrooms that tends to expand
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Jacob Hall
Author has 4.6K answers and 2M answer views · 6y

The original “fairytales” were dark as all hell. The

“disney” versions of them are a relatively modern
phenomenon and most are barely even a poor echo of
the originals that they were based on.

And yes, they were created as a reflection of certain

aspects of human nature, but more the darker aspects.
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David Moore
Studied Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Sur… · 7y
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invisible beings (that are not “life” as we know it) that
can enter your body and control the operations of that
body against your will before spreading throughout a
household and community causing suffering and even
death is quite true.

They're called Viruses.

Truth is often decided by the terms we use, isn't it?

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Brent Hurst
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folklore, and folklore exists as a way of passing down
knowledge from generation to generation for thousands
of years. Mythology is a bit more formalized but was
also a way of transmitting knowledge from generation
to generation, remember that literacy among the
general populous is a fairly new reality as is the mass
production of books.

Which makes it a bit strange when the God-naysayers

comes around accusing everything outside their,
supposedly superior scientific
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Aviv Naamani
Studied at Indiana University · 7y

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those who believe in leprechauns and elves and others
who do not. Its up to the individual.
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Kevin Stern
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in the woods. Sure.) Then eats grandma, whole mind
you, and dresses in her clothes. While the little girl sees
her grandmother but with big eyes, ears and teeth. And
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Alvika Jaju
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ever after.

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Charles Fiott
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