Eighteenth century French-Canadian folklore will come to life during Fort Fright at Colonial Michilimackinac, from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 6-7.

CREOLE'S COLLECTION OF FOLK TALES; LOUISIANA FOLK TALES. In French Dialect and English Translation. Collected and edited by Alcee Fortier. 8vo. New-York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. $2.

Perhaps one of the most renowned musical interpretations of a fairytale is Igor Stravinsky’s ballet The Firebird. Premiered ...

In 1697, he published a collection of fairy tales pulled from French oral folklore, which was in vogue among intellectuals of the age. Legend has it that he was inspired by the Chateau d’Uss ...

NEVER ever marry a Frenchman, I was told when young and silly and packing my bags for a new life in Paris. It's not his trifling infidelities that will grind you down. Nor even his pernickety ...

**1/2 Tales of the Night The new film from French animation visionary Michel Ocelot (“Azur & Asmar’’) is a collection of original fairy tales with backgrounds that glow like illuminated ...

The stories, originally collected in the 19th century by François-Marie Luzel (1821-1895), have been edited, translated and introduced by British folklore expert Michael Wilson.

Dominique Thomas and Lola Créton in the French film “Bluebeard,” directed by Catherine Breillat and based on the 1697 Charles Perrault folk tale.