Fairy tales from before fairy tales: the medieval Latin past of wonderful lies

Folktales in medieval Latin poetry

Between sacred legend and folktale : a whale of a story about a tenth-century fisherman

A cautionary tale : Little Red Riding Hood in the 1020s

True lies and the growth of wonder : an eleventh-century "Little Claus and Great Claus"

The wonder of the Turnip tale (ca. 1200)

The reorientation of the Donkey tale (ca. 1200)

Conclusion : sadly never after.