These are the stories in which the creatures who would normally be monsters in horror are the heroes -- vampires, werewolves, etc. They are now fighting on the side of right, even if they do still have urges to be do something less than heroic. After all, a vampire still has to feed.

In these stories different types of mythology is used as the core of a story. This includes stories based on fairy tales and Arthurian Fantasy.

Real world history but affected by magic. Up until the late Middle Ages or early Renaissance, such tales would still have been considered historical since people believed that magic had an affect on the real world still.

This type of fantasy can be the same basic type as any of the others, except for one change -- animals take the place of humans.