An "old wives' tale" is a colloquial expression referring to spurious or superstitious claims. They can be said sometimes to be a type of urban legend...

"The Old Woman in the Wood" (German: Die Alte im Wald) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 123. It is Aarne-Thompson type...

"is a well-known symbol in myths and fairy tales for the wisdom of the eternal female nature." The Wise Old Man, "or some other very powerful aspect of...

The Old Wives' Tale is a novel by Arnold Bennett, first published in 1908. It deals with the lives of two very different sisters, Constance and Sophia...

The Handmaid's Tale is an American dystopian drama television series created by Bruce Miller, based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood...

Scorticata (The Flayed Old Lady). An Italian-led production with co-producers in France and the United Kingdom, Tale of Tales is Garrone's only English-language...

19th-century English fairy tale of which three versions exist. The original version of the tale tells of an impudent old woman who enters the forest home...

"There Was an Old Lady", "I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly", "There Was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly" and "I Know an Old Woman Who Swallowed...

"The Old Woman and Her Pig" "The Old Woman and Her Pig: An Old English Tale" "The Remarkable Adventures of an Old Woman and Her Pig: An Ancient Tale in...

"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1843. It is told by an unnamed narrator who endeavors...