Märchen is the German diminutive of the obsolete German word ''Mär'', meaning "news, tale" (see
Märchen
Märchen is the German diminutive of the obsolete German word ''Mär'', meaning "news, tale" (see Märchen). It may refer to:
* A fairy tale, a type of short story that typically features folkloric characters, such as fairies, goblins, elves, tro ...
). It may refer to:
* A
fairy tale
A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story, magic tale, or wonder tale) is a short story that belongs to the folklore genre. Such stories typically feature magic (paranormal), magic, incantation, enchantments, and mythical ...
, a type of short story that typically features folkloric characters, such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, dwarves, giants or gnomes, and usually magic or enchantments
* A type of musical composition
** The Russian composer
Nikolai Medtner
Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (russian: Никола́й Ка́рлович Ме́тнер, ''Nikoláj Kárlovič Métner''; 13 November 1951) was a Russian composer and virtuoso pianist. After a period of comparative obscurity in the 25 years immedi ...
wrote many examples for solo piano (1880–1951), his original Russian title for the pieces ''Skazki'' is often replaced by ''Märchen''
**
''Märchenbilder'' (Schumann) for viola and piano, by Robert Schumann
Märchen or Marchen may also refer to:
*
Marchen script, used for writing the Zhang-Zhung language
**
Marchen (Unicode block)
Marchen is a Unicode block containing characters from the Marchen alphabet, which has been used to write the extinct Zhang-Zhung language of the Zhang-zhung culture of Tibet. In modern Bon
''Bon'', also spelled Bön () and also known as Yu ...
* ''
Marchen Maersk
''Gunde Maersk'' is owned and operated by the A.P. Moller Maersk. ''Gunde Maersk'' was one of the largest container ships in the world when she was built. The ''Gunde Maersk'' was christened on 10 May 2008 at Maersk Odense Steel Shipyard in Den ...
'', Danish container ship
*
''Märchen'' (album), a 2010 story album by the Japanese musical group Sound Horizon
*
The Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily
The Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily (German title: ''Märchen'' or ''Das Märchen'') is a fairy tale by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe published in 1795 in Friedrich Schiller's German magazine '' Die Horen'' (The Horae). It concludes Goethe's novel ...
(German: ''Märchen''), German fairy tale
* ''Marchen face'', face type used in
205 series
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