Grimm’s Saga No. 130: Eppela Gaila Not long ago, Nuremberg street urchins still sang this old rhyme: “Eppela Gaila from Dramout Always ri...

The Ant King Fairy Tale of Prince and Horse, Chapter 6, in which the prince, having been abandoned by bride and horse, must now undert...

Strange Steeds in Switzerland Fairy Tale of Zawudschawu , the Night Horse Many monsters were said to inhabit the mountains and valleys in...

Boticelli, Pallas and the Centaur (See link at right, Fairy Tale of Prince and Horse , for prior chapters.) Horrible fate, pitiable pr...

Alpine folk in Switzerland have preserved many sagas about dragons and worms, which in ancient times dwelled in mountain caverns and of...

The Fairy Tale of Prince and Horse, Chapter 4 (See link at right Fairy Tale of Prince and Horse for prior chapters.) The young prince...

Grimm's Saga No. 86: Bird's Nest This saga celebrates the mystery and beauty of spring and is well worth reading this time of ye...

And this is the charm the prince was to use when he beseeched his horse to prophesy the future: Huzza, huzza, hinny-whinny. Fly like a ha...

How the Horse Outfoxed River Witches and Forest Witches The sun hung low in the sky when the prince and his swift-footed steed reached a...

Chapter 1: The Nature of Horses: How the Horse Runs in Freedom and Understands All Wild Things In times of old a king went to war and h...

Genofeva in the Forest When Hildolf was Archbishop of Trier, the Palatinate Count Siegfried lived with his wife Genofeva, the daught...

Ostara is the Germanic goddess of spring and the rising morning sun. She represents nature’s resurrection from its deep winter sleep....

Embraced by thorns: the Fairy Tale of Sleeping Beauty, in which a maid is brought back to life. A long time ago there lived a king and...

An Apparition in the Forest In fernyear there lived many bewitched and enchanted women, who meant well by folk and even offered hel...

In fernyear there lived many bewitched and enchanted women, who meant well by folk and even offered help in times of need or disaster. In pa...

Guardian Angel Protects against the Last Fierce Onslaught of Winter Not far from Zwickau in Vogtland parents once sent their young boy into ...

In these fairy tales, some words must never be spoken. In Switzerland a farmhand married Tirli-wirli, the daughter of a gnome. One day sh...

In this fairy tale, silence reflects true virtue. A King once went out hunting in the forest. He was soon so intent on the chase that none ...

The Mythology of the Swan Knight: Don't Ask, Don't Tell In the year 711 the Duchess of Kleve, the only daughter of Beatrix and...

Grimm’s Saga No. 545: Gerhard the Good, Swan Knight King Charlemagne once stood at his castle window and looked down upon the Rhine ...

In February of the year 1605, Duke Heinrich Julius von Braunschweig ruled the land. A mile from Quedlinburg in a place called the Valley, it...