Saturday, July 19, 2008

July Fairy Tale: Tanzwut or the Dangers of Dancing Rage at the Height of Summer

›
Grimm’s Saga No. 51: Dance with the Waterman Near the town of Laibach a water spirit lived in a river of the same name. He was called N...
Thursday, July 17, 2008

The Magical Properties of Plants and Herbs

›
Translation FairyTaleChannel.com (Please read, enjoy, link to or pass this article on to friends. Please do not plagiarize, copy or pilfer...
Monday, July 14, 2008

The Strange Power of Bird's Nests, Part II

›
Translation FairyTaleChannel.com (Please read, enjoy, link to or pass this story on to friends. Please do not plagiarize, copy or pilfer. ...
Friday, July 11, 2008

The Strange Power of Bird's Nests Revealed Here: Grimm's Saga No. 86 Vogelnest

›
Translation  FairyTaleChannel.com (Please read, enjoy, link to or pass this story on to friends. Please do not plagiarize, copy or pilfer....
1 comment:
Monday, July 7, 2008

Grimm's Saga No. 181: Saint Wilfried or the Holy Saint Boniface

›
St. Boniface's Chapel When Saint Winfried  (called Boniface)  wanted to convert the Hessians, he came to a mountain where a pag...
Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Reading the Pied Piper of Hamelin

›
Bone Flutes, Müstair, Switzerland John and Paul’s Day was celebrated throughout Europe on June 26 but was originally a pagan festival...
1 comment:
Sunday, June 29, 2008

Grimm's Saga No. 245: The Children of Hameln or the Pied Piper of Hamelin

›
The place called Calvary . In the year 1284 a strange man was seen in the town of Hamelin. He wore a parti-colored coat and a colorful...
3 comments:
Thursday, June 26, 2008

Reading The Fairy Tale Friend

›
Bear Goddess, Bernese Historical Museum Deae Artioni The Lithuanian folktale The Fairy Tale Friend (see full text below) features a most u...
Wednesday, June 25, 2008

The Fairy Tale Friend: For those who would ramble, wander and rove the entire summer long and run free as long as they live.

›
The Fairy Tale Friend A long time ago an old man lived with his old wife and the old man loved to hear fairy tales. One day a Russian came t...
Saturday, June 7, 2008

Grimm's Saga No. 17, The Toy of the Giant Maiden

›
A tale to honor of all those who labor in field or garden. In ancient times, the knights residing in Elsass at Nideck Castle near t...
Friday, June 6, 2008

Grimm's Fairy Tale No. 50: Sleeping Beauty (Or: Little Thorn Rose)

›
Edward Burne Jones, Sleeping Beauty A very long time ago there lived a king and queen. Each day they said to each other “If only we ha...
2 comments:
Tuesday, June 3, 2008

The Norns

›
In the Fairy Tale One-Eye, Two-Eyes and Three-Eyes , the mysterious Wise Woman is probably a Norn (for complete text of fairy tale, se...
Monday, June 2, 2008

Grimm's Fairy Tale 130: One-Eye, Two-Eyes and Three Eyes or Tree with the Golden Apples

›
The Tree with the Golden Apples, Gustav Klimt This fairy tale illustrates that beauty really is in the eye (or eyes) of the beholder...
1 comment:
Saturday, May 31, 2008

The Myth of Opera

›
Richard Wagner based his opera Tannhauser und der Saengerkrieg auf Wartburg on the two sagas provided below. The opera takes a romantic lo...
Friday, May 30, 2008

Grimm's Saga No. 561: The Wartburg Singing War

›
Grimm’s Saga No. 561 The Wartburg Singing War In the year 1206, six virtuous and reasonable men came together in song to compose hymns at Wa...