INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SERIAL NUMBER IJELLH Crossref INDEX COPERNICUS INTERNATIONAL International Journal of English Language. Literature in Humanities Indexed, Peer Reviewed (Refereed) Journal UGC Approved Journal ISSN-2321-7065 - - Volume 6, Issue 7 July 2018 www.ijellh.com
IJELLH Volume 6, Issue 7, July 2018 1054 Miss Preethika S Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women E-mail: Preethikas7@gmail.com Contact No : 8903189491 Coimbatore, India Are south Asian fairytale really fairy-tale? Abstract The fairytale the kids read in the present generations are mostly not indigenous. Guess what, they are also the imported stories from the west. If one sees, the fairytale of the south Asia are different and are the controversial ones where there are no fairies at all. For the people of south Asia the fairy does not appears in a fairy way neither does it has a fairy dust or wands but in different forms in different outfit . The magical stories of these ancient culture as the fairytale emphasis are the same, the themes of faith, believe and moral values, but in short ,are commonly called as the Folklores or the famous myth, which are passed down by the grandparents to their younger ones. Unlike the traditional fairytales what these tales are special for are its theme divinity included with spiritualism above love, which takes the central theme of the patriarch ones. . There is a unique nature built to these stories which are neglected and are commonly regarded under myths and folklores, hence this paper is a study on the uniqueness of the south Asian fairytales or the wonder stories and its relevance with the culture, tradition and religion of the people of the south Asia. How does south Asian fairytale differ from others? It's very clear the myths, which emanated from all cultures, had a huge influence on the development of the modern fairy tale which follow basically the Greeks and Romans myths but the universe has a much greater imagination than a single human could ever possibility imagine, which is why the real story of the universe is far more interesting than
IJELLH Volume 6, Issue 7, July 2018 1055 any of the fairy tales which have invented in all time could ever compile. The south Asian geography is known for its stories dating ages with the tales of the magic, hard work, luck and life. Asia is the world's largest continent. A place with unique cultural heritage, Asia is home to more than 3.8 billion people, making it the most populous continent on Earth. Even today people around Asia hold festivals celebrating the deeds of heroes and animals from ancient folklore which makes this place unique in nature and hence is a uniqueness attached to its fairytales. The civilizations here were pretty different than the west and for this region the art of creating stories were much different. The fairytales of south Asian tradition had all sorts of different creatures than the fairies in it, yes there were fairies, but not the modern ones,