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, household tale, magic tale, or wonder tale) is a short story that belongs to the folklore genre. Such stories typically feature magic, enchantments, and mythical or fanciful bei ...
, 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 (; – 13 November 1951) was a Russian composer and pianist. After a period of comparative obscurity in the 25 years immediately after his death, he is now becoming recognized as one of the most significant Russian com ...
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
The Marchen script was a Brahmic abugida which was used for writing the extinct Zhangzhung language. It was derived from the Tibetan script.
Script
As per McKay (2003), Zhang-zhung script has been modelled after Thonmi Sambhota's Tibetan scri ...
, used for writing the Zhang-Zhung language
**
Marchen (Unicode block)
* ''
Marchen Maersk
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'', Danish container ship
*
''Märchen'' (album), a 2010 story album by the Japanese musical group Sound Horizon
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The Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily (German: ''Märchen''), German fairy tale
* ''Marchen face'', face type used in
205 series
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