Fairy Tale is the nature of the beast - involving fairy in terms of the supernatural, rather than fairies per se. The term Wonder Tale was current in storytelling circles two decades back, & no doubt still is. The Norwegian term is eventyr, which comes from adventure, in which evil nature comes out the dark woods in Troll form, only to be suitably trounced or else outwitted into self-mutilation (and worse) by the uniquitous Espen Askeladd, or Boots, or Jack, depending on what translation your reading. I'm especially fond of G.W.Dasent's East o' the Sun, West o' the Moon which is readily available in Dover paperback (although looking at my copy just now I see I bought it on Nov. 2nd 1995), though I prefer less folksy re-tellings.

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I wonders, does Jim Carroll believe in Fairies as well as the letter of the Folk Law?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMm-WVt6RQA