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The Brothers Grimm (die Brüder Grimm or die Gebrüder Grimm), Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859), were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, lexicographers and authors who together specialized in collecting and publishing folklore during the 19th century. 

They were among the best-known storytellers of folk tales, and popularized stories such as "Cinderella" ("Aschenputtel"), "The Frog Prince" ("Der Froschkönig"), "The Goose-Girl" ("Die Gänsemagd"), "Hansel and Gretel" ("Hänsel und Gretel"), "Rapunzel", "Rumpelstiltskin" ("Rumpelstilzchen"),"Sleeping Beauty" ("Dornröschen"), and "Snow White" ("Schneewittchen"). Their first collection of folk tales, Children's and Household Tales (Kinder- und Hausmärchen), was published in 1812.

Wilhelm Grimm (left) and Jacob Grimm in an 1855 painting by Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann

"Little Red Riding Hood", or "Little Red Ridinghood", also known as "Little Red Cap" or simply "Red Riding Hood", is a European fairy tale about a young girl and a Big Bad Wolf. The story has been changed considerably in its history and subject to numerous modern adaptations and readings. The story was first published by Charles Perrault.

Little Red Riding Hood (1881) by Carl Larsson

"Rapunzel" (/rəˈpʌnzəl/; German pronunciation: [ʁaˈpʊnt͡səl]) is a German fairy tale in the collection assembled by the Brothers Grimm, and first published in 1812 as part of Children's and Household Tales.

Illustration for the Brothers Grimm fairy tale

"Hansel and Gretel" is a well-known fairy tale of German origin, recorded by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812.

 Hansel and Gretel are a young brother and sister kidnapped by a cannibalistic witch living deep in the forest in a house constructed of cake and confectionery. The two children save their lives by outwitting her. The tale has been adapted to various media, most notably the opera Hänsel und Gretel (1893) by Engelbert Humperdinck and a stop-motion animated feature film made in the 1950s based on the opera. Under the Aarne–Thompson classification system, "Hansel and Gretel" is classified under Class 327.

Illustration by Arthur Rackham, 1909

Jekyll And Hyde-Once Upon A Dream sang by Lisa (Linda Eder)

A fairy tale (pronounced /ˈfeəriˌteɪl/) is a type of short story that typically features European folkloric fantasy characters, such as dwarves, elves, fairies, giants, gnomes, goblins, mermaids, trolls, or witches, and usually magic or enchantments. Fairy tales may be distinguished from other folk narratives such as legends (which generally involve belief in the veracity of the events described) and explicitly moral tales, including beast fables.

1865 illustration of Tom Thumb and the Giant

Fantasy is a genre of fiction that uses magic or other supernatural elements as a main plot element, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic and magical creatures are common. Fantasy is generally distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror by the expectation that it steers clear of scientific and macabre themes, respectively, though there is a great deal of overlap between the three, all of which are subgenres of speculative fiction.

Fairy tales and legends, such as Dobrynya Nikitich's rescue of Zabava Putyatichna from the dragon Gorynych, have been an important source for fantasy.

Enchantment (novel)

Enchantment is an English language fantasy novel written by Orson Scott Card. First published in 1999, the novel is based on the Russian version of Sleeping Beauty and other folk tales. Various forms of magic, potions, and immortal deities also play an important role in the story.

Enchantment
First edition cover (1999).
Author	Orson Scott Card
Cover artist	Boris Vallejo
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy
Publisher	Del Rey
Publication date	1999
Media type	Print (Hardcover &Paperback)
Pages	415 pg
ISBN	0-345-41687-2
OCLC	40500844
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 21
LC Class	PS3553.A655 E495 1999

A sidekick is a slang expression for a close companion or colleague (not necessarily in fiction) who is actually, or generally regarded as, subordinate to the one he accompanies. 

Some well-known fictional sidekicks are Don Quixote's Sancho Panza, Sherlock Holmes' Doctor Watson, The Lone Ranger's Tonto, The Green Hornet's Kato, Shrek's Donkey and Batman's Robin.

Don Quixote, unsuccessfully confronting a windmill, and his sidekick Sancho Panza in this illustration by Gustave Doré.

Sub-: under

subordinate(adj.) \sə-ˈbȯr-də-nət, -ˈbȯrd-nət\

in a position of less power or authority than someone else

Sherlock Holmes (/ˈʃɜrlɒk ˈhoʊmz/) is a fictional character created by British author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A London-based "consulting detective" whose abilities border on the fantastic, Holmes is known for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to adopt almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science to solve difficult cases.

Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes character
Sherlock Holmes in a 1904 illustration by Sidney Paget.
First appearance	A Study in Scarlet
Created by	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Consulting detective
Family	Mycroft Holmes (brother)
Nationality	British

A stock character is a stereotypical person whom audiences readily recognize from frequent recurrences in a particular literary tradition. 

Stock characters are archetypal characters distinguished by their flatness. As a result, they tend to be easy targets for parody and to be criticized as clichés. 

The presence of a particular array of stock characters is a key component of many genres.

Lexicography is divided into two separate but equally important groups:

Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries.

Theoretical lexicography is the scholarly discipline of analyzing and describing the semantic, syntagmatic and paradigmatic relationships within the lexicon (vocabulary) of a language, developing theories of dictionary components and structures linking the data in dictionaries, the needs for information by users in specific types of situations, and how users may best access the data incorporated in printed and electronic dictionaries. This is sometimes referred to as 'metalexicography'.

A person devoted to lexicography is called a lexicographer.

hero(n.) \ˈhir-(ˌ)ō\

a person who is admired for great or brave acts or fine qualities

heroine(n.) \ˈher-ə-wən, ˈhir-, ˈhe-rə-\

a woman who is admired for great or brave acts or fine qualities

「葉限」是唐代筆記小說《酉陽雜俎》中所載的一個人物。《酉陽雜俎》由唐朝文人段成式所著，而葉限的故事內容，出奇地跟世界聞名的灰姑娘故事，極為類似。 因此，有的人主張這個灰姑娘的故事，是由中國傳到西方的。例如民國初年著名翻譯家楊憲益在《譯餘偶拾》一書中指出，向段成式敘述此故事的是一個邕州人，而 邕州相當於現今的廣西南寧，所以他認為「這故事是由南海傳出中國的」。