Fairytales are invented freely and preserve literary images of the whole world, because while beeing passed on orally and written they migrated  across borders. Nowadays, like never before, they are present in all media. Fairytales are able to create understanding of social and psychological problems and even offer healing approaches. Therefore, fairytales are a multidimensional topic and are explored by researchers from various areas. My work bases on expert interviews that explain why fairytales can be shocking, but also humorous, consoling and consulting. The forest as a magical area hosts all these aspects. There are different interpretations of the forest's role, which are visualized experimentally on six book inlays of my bachelor thesis.