Friday, October 23, 2009

In this tale for hallow e'en, a hand lurches through the darkness at the church of dead souls.

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Three Tales for Halloween: Beware of the Hand in the Dark Tale 3: The Lurching Hand This strange story happened in the year 1517 in the St. ...
Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Three Tales for Halloween: Vampire Empire

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Tale 2: Vampire Empire In Livland the following story is told: on All Soul’s Eve a young boy can often be seen limping about in the stree...
Sunday, October 11, 2009

Three Tales for Halloween: The Cat in the Willow Tree

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Three Tales for Halloween Tale 1, Grimm’s Saga 250: The Cat in the Willow Tree There once lived a farm boy in Strassleben who told the f...
Wednesday, October 7, 2009

A German Fairy Tale about the Problem with Bread Shoes

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(Another saga about Bread Sin. However gloomy these tales might appear to the modern reader, they do reflect a deep reverance for the food ...
Saturday, October 3, 2009

God is Bread in this German Legend

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Although a rather bleak tale, this German legend illustrates the notion of a deity residing within the bread and thus its sacred nature. ...
Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Reading Hänsel and Gretel: Stepmother and witch, the ladies we love to loathe.

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The fairy tale Hänsel and Gretel features two female characters that audiences love to abhor: the stepmother and wicked witch. It is ...
Monday, September 28, 2009

Reading Hänsel and Gretel: a Journey of Filial Love and Survival

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A Walk Through the Forest: a Recipe for Resilience The situation is dire indeed in the fairy tale Hänsel and Gretel . We are told in th...
Wednesday, September 23, 2009

A fairy tale about food, or the lack of it: Hänsel and Gretel

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The woodcutter and his family, Veneto, c. 1890. Fratelli Alinari Museum of the History of Photography, Florence/Italy (Click on picture...
Saturday, September 19, 2009

Food and the Fairy Tale: An Aerial Bridge of Stone and a Lord's Godless Daughter

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Grimm’s Saga No. 236: Shoes Made from Bread Rolls In Klatau, a quarter hour from the village of Oberkamenz, there once stood a castle ...
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

In this Saga A Powerful Giant Queen in Tyrol Does Not Respect God's Gifts

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Grimm’s Saga 234: Lady Huett, Queen of the Giants In ancient times a powerful giantess lived in Tyrol, Lady Huett. Her home was the hi...
Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Reading the Writing on the Wall: My Husband is a God, but My Friends are All a Bunch of Sheep

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Reading the Fairy Tale The Sun Prince In the tantalizing tale of the Sun Prince (full text below), the abundant Christian images (fl...
Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Fairy Tale of the Sun Prince

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The Wonderful and Strange Fairy Tale of the Sun Prince (A fairy tale from the Merino region of Switzerland) A long time ago there...
Tuesday, August 25, 2009

The German Fairy Tale of the Mysterious Bee Queen

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Grimm’s Fairy Tale No. 62  The German Fairy Tale of the Mysterious Bee Queen Two king’s sons went out looking for adventure and fe...
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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...