Maria Tatar is the John L. Loeb Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University, where she also chairs the Program in Folklore and Mythology. Her books include \u201cEnchanted Hunters: The Power of Stories in Childhood\u201d and \u201cThe Annotated Brothers Grimm.\u201d This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode \u201cMaria Tatar \u2014 The Great Cauldron of Story: Why Fairy Tales Are for Adults Again.\u201d Find more at onbeing.org.