Showing posts with label Fairies and Gnomes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fairies and Gnomes. Show all posts
Friday, April 15, 2011

It's time to think about gnomes: fairy tale of the Venetian Gnome.

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(Illustration by Harald Wiberg) A Fairy Tale from Switzerland: The Venetian Gnome In ancient times dark-haired persons often traveled ...
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Sunday, July 25, 2010

The Mid-Summer Revelry of Fairy Folk

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Grimm’s Saga No. 31 The Wee Folk’s Wedding Feast Wee folk lived in Eilenburg Castle in Saxony. Once these fairy folk wanted to celebr...
Friday, May 14, 2010

An Ancient Tribe of Swiss Gnomes called the Gotwergeni

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Life on the land can be quite hectic in springtime . (Click on picture to enlarge.) For people living close to the land, spring is a ...
Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Gnomes' and Fairies' Christmas Feast

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The Marriage of King Wilt and Lady Lee in the Great Hall King Wilt married his bride, Lady Lee, on Christmas Eve 1444. At the marriage feast...
Saturday, August 8, 2009

The Secret Lives of Gnomes Revealed Here: Tree Gnomes

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Grimm's Saga No. 148: The Gnomes in the Tree In summer months it often happened that a flock of gnomes would migrate from the ...
Sunday, August 2, 2009

Summer Fairy Tale: To Catch A Gnome

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The Many Ways to Catch a Garden Thief: Fairy Tale of the Smithy Riechert On the east side of the Dardesheim mountain there is a place cal...
Monday, May 26, 2008

Of Fairies, Gnomes and Men

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In addition to their pantheon of gods, ancient Germanic tribes acknowledged a number of supernatural beings, who were capable of help or h...