A wonderful and strange fairy tale for valentine's day: only iron bands can keep a true heart from breaking. In times of old when wis...

Very Reverend Vegetables The earthy hag Mistress Gotel condemns Rapunzel in the severest manner and her accusation is telling: “Ach, you go...

The many ways to approach an herb: clothing and shoes may be optional. Reminiscent of a monastic environment, the garden in Rapunzel has a ...

Reading Rapunzel Mistress Gotel: Who is She? Before Europe had been widely Christianized, devout pagans believed food offerings were nece...

Hag, Hex, Harpy or Hierophant? Three types of Pictish stones in North Eastern Scotland bear witness to a changing worldview as Christi...

If reading a fairy tale with pen in hand sounds clunky, I encourage you to first read Rapunzel out loud for the sheer pleasure of it. Then p...

The Fairy Tale of Rapunzel by the Brothers Grimm There once lived a man and his wife who yearned for a child of their own. But their lo...

Fairy Tale Factum Snake images appear in the mythology of ancient cultures across pre-Christian Europe. Serpent symbols have been found ca...

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268. Mistress Berta or the Woman in White A woman in white appears in castles of many royal families, especially at Neuhaus in Bohemia, Be...

Fairy Tale Factum: This story mentions two types of shafted weapons that were used primarily in the Middle Ages. The German Hellebarde (...

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...

The Wild Huntsman Grimm's Saga 47 The Wee Mossy Wife In 1635 a farmer by the name of Hans Krepel lived near Saalfeld. One day...

Wee folk dwell on the heath, in the woods in dark places but also in underground holes. They make a soft bed on lichens and their c...

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...

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...

The theme of penance and Mary of Egypt.... The legend of the Virgin Mary shares themes associated with Mary of Egypt, patron saint of repent...

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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Happy New Year! May 2008 bring joy to you all! ************* ************* ************* Designing your own New Year's celebration: 1. R...

Today's highlights: Stories about the New Year Folk traditions to predict the future. Designing your own New Year's celebration base...

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...

Frau Holla's predictions are kind to the diligent and sincere: 5. Frau Holla zieht umher 5. Frau Holla is stirring.... Frau Holla begins...

And Adam looked through the crack and saw that it was God. 180 Die ungleichen Kinder Evas No. 180 Eve’s unequal children When Adam and Eve w...

And Adam looked through a crack and said that it was God. Nr. 180 Die ungleichen Kinder Evas No. 180 Eve’s unequal children When Adam and Ev...

Nr. 116 Der Liebhaber zum Essen eingeladen The lover invited to dinner and Christmas Eve augury There once lived a woman who earned her livi...

200. Der goldene Schluessel 200. The golden key. Once, when a deep snow lay on the ground in winter, a poor young boy had to go out and fetc...