Showing posts with label Ghosts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ghosts. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 31, 2017

The Apparition: a Spooky Poem for a Ghastly Halloween

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The Apparition BY  JOHN DONNE When by thy scorn, O murd'ress, I am dead           And that thou think'st thee free  ...
Sunday, October 29, 2017

Have a ghostly, ghastly & spine-chilling halloween!

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FairyTaleChannel wishes you a happy halloween!
Monday, October 23, 2017

In this fairy tale, a ghost looks exactly like a nobleman's living wife!

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Grimm's Saga No. 260  In the time when Johann Casimir was Duke of Coburg*, his Master of the Stables was named G. P. von Z. ...
Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Fairy Tale Channel Countdown to Halloween

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Only two more weeks until Halloween! Read a fairy tale! To read more ghost tales, click on the Ghosts label below.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010

The Long Man in Murder Lane

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Grimm’s Saga No. 168: The Long Man in Murder Lane (in Hof) Before the plague came to Hof in 1519, a large, dark, long man could b...
Monday, December 21, 2009

The Ghosts of Christmas Past

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The Wild Way / Vicentine and Veronese Alps From a remote area of the Italian Alps, a fairy tale about Christmas spirits haunting the W...
Wednesday, November 4, 2009

November Hauntings: the Feast Day of Lemuria November 9

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Doppelgänger and Our Own Internal Demons An illusive spirit appears in Grimms' Saga No. 260 Ghost as Married Woman ( full text bel...
Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Grimm's Saga No. 260: Ghost as Married Woman

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Grimm's Saga No. 260 In the time when Johann Casimir was Duke of Coburg*, his Master of the Stables was named G. P. von Z. This mas...
Friday, January 18, 2008

Foreseeing the Coming Calamity: Das Wafeln

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Grimm's Saga 281: The Phantom Ship People who live on the Baltic Sea believe they can often foresee a shipwreck or stranding because the...
Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Carefully aimed bolts of lightning determine fate and a ghostly woman in white haunts the castle.

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Ghost of Boyne Castle, Part II See Part I below. In 1592 a young prince went out riding with a hunting party in pursuit of a stag. In the he...
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Saturday, January 5, 2008

Carefully aimed bolts of lightning determine fate and a ghostly woman in white haunts the castle.

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Grimm's Saga No. 10 The Ghost of Boyne Castle In olden times, three sisters lived together at Boyne Castle. One night the youngest dream...
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Thursday, January 3, 2008

War or Peace Predicted by the Wee Wife

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ln Saga 169, those who have the power to portend good and evil live among us. Grimm's Saga 169. War and Peace In the year 1644, on th...
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Saturday, December 29, 2007

Divining the future in fairy tales & literature

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There are various ways to divine the future in a fairy tale: dreams can reveal an answer to a question, signs or auguries can be interpreted...