Thursday, August 20, 2009

Fairy Tale of the Supranormal Bride

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Excerpt from "Hylas and the Nymphs", J.W. Waterhouse The Supranormal Bride: Taboo, Impropriety and the Power of Language In...
Tuesday, August 11, 2009

French Tale of the Fairy Sisters' July Wedding

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A Fairy Tale from the French Alps: Fairy Sisters Want to Marry Once there lived two brothers who were twins, Each was as beautiful and ...
Saturday, August 8, 2009

The Secret Lives of Gnomes Revealed Here: Tree Gnomes

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Grimm's Saga No. 148: The Gnomes in the Tree In summer months it often happened that a flock of gnomes would migrate from the ...
Sunday, August 2, 2009

Summer Fairy Tale: To Catch A Gnome

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The Many Ways to Catch a Garden Thief: Fairy Tale of the Smithy Riechert On the east side of the Dardesheim mountain there is a place cal...
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...