Seem consistent with story telling in general. Technically I think religious fairy tales roots in the Bronze Age as well, making both the secular and the religious telling of magic stories as old.

Looking at subject matter in Fairy Tales, I have often wondered about the origins of tales of "little people", "trolls", "good folk", "changelings", etc..... Humans have always been quite concerned about others outside their immediate community/group. Its possible these tales have far older origins, from the time when our direct ancestry and other branches of the human evolutionary tree were contemporaries.

Seem consistent with story telling in general. Technically I think religious fairy tales roots in the Bronze Age as well, making both the secular and the religious telling of magic stories as old.

I don't think there should be any difference at all. You have nice examples of that in the Germanic tale of Frau Holle, once part of the Germanic religion and later a cautionary fairy tale. The opposite must also be true.

Looking at subject matter in Fairy Tales, I have often wondered about the origins of tales of "little people", "trolls", "good folk", "changelings", etc..... Humans have always been quite concerned about others outside their immediate community/group. Its possible these tales have far older origins, from the time when our direct ancestry and other branches of the human evolutionary tree were contemporaries.

Here's a far out speculation for ya...
What if they are anthro related neuro-translations of much earlier time in evolution "memories". Evolving DNA is essentially a memory device, after all...

The fact that the Big Dipper is identified as a bear in cultures in Eurasia and the Americas has led some people to speculate that the association began with Ice Age bear cults and crossed the Bering Straits with the first migrants to North America.