Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Fairy Tale Magic and Mystery Found in Toadstools

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Grimm’s Saga No. 223: The Toadstool Notweiler Castle lies in the Alsatian region of Wasgau. Long ago a duke’s beautiful daughter live...
Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Something Terrible in the Trees

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Something Terrible in the Trees I will not be afraid of death and bane Till Birnam forest come to Dunsinane. Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act V...
Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Walking Trees Portend Defeat in the Saga of King Greentree

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Grimm’s Saga No. 92: Koenig Gruenewald Long ago a king lived in Upper Hesse at Christenberg, where his castle stood. He had only one daug...
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Monday, June 29, 2009

Fairy Tale of Prince and Horse Chapter 8: In the Werewolf's Den

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Walpurga, the Abbess of Heidenheim Fairy Tale of Prince and Horse Chapter 8, in the Werewolf’s Den. As the brightness of day faded, t...
Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Fairy Tales to Read Under a Full Moon: The Werewolf Stone and Werewolf Lullaby

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Grimm’s Saga No. 215: The Werewolf Stone Otmar, pages 270 – 276 Near a village in Magdeburg called Eggenstedt, not far from Sommerschenbu...
Sunday, June 21, 2009

Fairy Tales to Read Under a Full Moon: The Werewolf

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Grimm’s Saga No. 213: The Werewolf Oral tradition from Hessen. See Braeuner’s Curiostiy Pages A soldier told the following story, which ...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Reading the German Fairy Tale Hans-My-Hedgehog

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Terracotta Hedgehog, National Museum, Athens The Artist as Hedgehog It has been said that the blessings of money and property give r...
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Thursday, June 11, 2009

The German Fairy Tale of Hans-My-Hedgehog

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Grimm's Fairy Tale No. 108: Hans-My-Hedgehog Once there lived a farmer, who was blessed with plenty of money and property. But as ri...
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Friday, June 5, 2009

Fairy Tale of Prince and Horse, Chapter 7, in which the prince being forewarned by the Ant King takes refuge in the shielding forest.

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But he did not know where he was or whither they were going. Fairy Tale of Prince and Horse Chapter 7, in which the prince being fore...
Saturday, May 30, 2009

Fairy Tale of the Wild Huntsman and His Fire-Breathing Horse

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SAGEN; Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Source: Folk Tales from Pommern and Ruegen, Ulrich Jahn, Berlin 1889, No. 3 In Ruegen folk say that...
Saturday, May 23, 2009

Fairy Tale of the Evil Knight Eppela Gaila and His Horse

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Grimm’s Saga No. 130: Eppela Gaila Not long ago, Nuremberg street urchins still sang this old rhyme: “Eppela Gaila from Dramout Always ri...
Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Fairy Tale of Prince and Horse Chapter 6: the prince, having been abandoned by bride and horse, must undertake 3 trials as foretold by the ant king

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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...
Saturday, May 16, 2009

Swiss Fairy Tale of Zawudschawu, the Night Horse

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Strange Steeds in Switzerland Fairy Tale of Zawudschawu , the Night Horse Many monsters were said to inhabit the mountains and valleys in...
Monday, May 11, 2009

Fairy Tale of Prince and Horse, Chapter 5: In which the prince is chastised by his horse, which has assumed the form of horse-man.

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Boticelli, Pallas and the Centaur (See link at right, Fairy Tale of Prince and Horse , for prior chapters.) Horrible fate, pitiable pr...
Sunday, May 10, 2009

The Scent of Spring: Dragon Takes Wing, Grimm's Saga No. 216, a Saga from Switzerland in which a Man Escapes from Entanglement with Two Ancient Worms

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Alpine folk in Switzerland have preserved many sagas about dragons and worms, which in ancient times dwelled in mountain caverns and of...
Thursday, May 7, 2009

Horse Prophesy

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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...
Sunday, May 3, 2009

The Magical Power of Bird's Nests Revealed in Fairy Tale and Saga

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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...
Thursday, April 30, 2009

Fairy Tale of Prince and Horse, Chapter 3: The Magic Charm Used to Beseech the Horse

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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...