In terms of the existence of fiction, every genre of fiction still exists today. In fact, we can still locate the writings of ancient Greeks and Romans which dated back to as early as 10 B.C. The question to be asked is if these ancient forms of fiction evolved or just passed on from one generation to another. I believe that fairy tales have not evolved, but became one of the pioneers of the fiction …showed first 75 words of 821 total…

…showed last 75 words of 821 total…the actual content of the stories are still the same. Yes, fairy tales still exist today, in books, shows and movies, but writers of fiction do not use the exact elements of a fairy tale to make their stories. In contrary, let us not forget that fairy tales are still one of the pioneers of fiction. Without fairy tales, we may not have the genre modern fantasy today. Fairy tales still exist today, fairies don't.