It publishes essays, reviews, and conference reports in German, English, and French.

Since 1958, the journal has been published bi-annually by De Gruyter and is available in both print and online-editions.

It was established by the German scholar Kurt Ranke[1] and is currently edited by Brigitte Bönisch-Brednich, Simone Stiefbold, and Harm-Peer Zimmermann.

It is closely connected to the multi-volume work Enzyklopädie des Märchens (Encyclopedia of Fairy Tales) and is an official journal of the International Society for Folk Narrative Research.

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