H. C. Andersens mästerliga berättelse om en ankunge som egentligen är en svan är lika relevant idag som när den skrevs. Illustrerad.

Prinsessan Törnrosa är en folksaga med urgamla rötter och oklart ursprung. Även i Sverige berättades denna saga och var mycket populär. En nyfödd vacker prinsessa får en förtrollni ...

Har du undrat varifrån uttrycket "käringen mot strömmen" kommer? Svaret finns i den här gamla folksagan om en kvinna som alltid gjorde tvärtemot andra människor. Illustrerad.

I denna välkända sagolegend angrips och plågas en stad i Mindre Asien av en ondskefull drake, tills den fromme riddaren Sankt Göran kommer till undsättning, dräper draken och rädda ...

Denna folksaga tillhör en av de tidigaste kända sagotyperna. Ursprunget går att spåra till Egypten 1200 f. Kr. Den har sedan utvecklats till olika lokala varianter (här en nordisk) ...

TV:s nyhetsankare Suzanne gör PR-intervjuer på kändisarnas framtidsfest vid Stockholms stadshus. Den ryske ambassadören viskar statshemligheter med svenske statsministern. Det är n ...

Vem slåss man egentligen emot? Till och med ryssarna blir osäkra. Vännen Ahmed, som räddade Drottning Kristina, vet inte själv om han arbetar för IS, ryssarna eller för kidsen på S ...

'Jo, jag glömde säga en sak - det är Gud som talar. Ciao!'Kan det verkligen vara sant? Är det Gud som är den mystiska utomjordiska rösten, vars meddelanden gäckat världen på 40 oli ...

A peasant and his wife owned a horse that grazed in a ditch close to their house. But they thought that it would be better for them to sell it or exchange it for something more use ...

There was once a queen who possessed a magnificent garden, filled with many varied flowers. One day, she fell ill and her doctors had little hope of a recovery. Only one of them sa ...

Once upon a time there was a prince without pity: he wanted to be the strongest and sent armies of soldiers to destroy villages and stop other kings, he even got it into his head t ...

A poor prince with a famous name became infatuated with a princess who was rather spoilt and wanted to marry her. So, he sent her gifts, but the princess was not satisfied and refu ...

A child is gravely ill and his mother has already spent three nights at his bedside. Then, a strange man knocks on the door and she bids him enter to shelter from the cold. But, it ...

“One of you will be hanged, the second imprisoned, the third burned and the fourth turned upside down.” This is how the children mocked the family of storks that lived on the roof. ...

The snowman had just been born under the eyes and joyful laughter of children. How he loved the cold! His only problem was the shiny ball in the sky that keep looking at him, witho ...

Once upon a time there was an honest piece of silver who passed from hand to hand and happily discovered his country. One day, his current owner travelled abroad, taking the piece ...

This is the story of a false shirt collar, who, when he was of marriageable age, met a shy garter in the washing. So, he set out on a quest to seduce her, which was not without its ...

In the rose bush in the middle of the garden lived a tiny elf, she was so small that it was impossible to see her with the naked eye. Behind each rose petal hides a room and the el ...

An old street lamp is at the end of its working life. It has had a long life and lots of people know it. So, friends come to visit on its last night on the job.Hans Christian Ander ...

There was once an old house that was so dilapidated that it made the other houses in the street ashamed. But, the little boy who lived opposite liked it a lot and loved looking at ...

In a little house in Marbach, on the banks of the Necker river, lived a poor family. The day that their son was born, the church’s bell was rung to celebrate the newborn’s arrival. ...

Many families lived close to the pond: the roses, the sparrows and even men. During a family discussion, the little sparrows asked their parents, what is Beauty? A question whose a ...

One stormy evening, a kind old poet was resting quietly at home when he heard a knock at his door. When he opened it, he found a handsome young boy, soaking wet, and the good poet ...

In the city of Florence is a bronze statue of a boar, from who’s mouth runs the water that is collected by the people of Florence. One evening, a poor boy came to drink and found a ...

A short time ago, the rose bush next to the window was still magnificent, but since the invasion of an army of greenies, it is rather worse for wear. We men, we are not very fond o ...