The 16th century report of Martin Luther is perhaps an apt introduction to the following saga. He relates that “…young maidens stripped them...

(The lover revealed on St. Andrew's Eve) According to popular belief, St. Andrew’s Eve (November 30th ) is the first prognostication ...

Hille Bingels' Wedding Party The old castle Hudemuehle is on the Lueneburg Heath not far from the Aller River . You can still see the...

As we head into the holiday season it is well worth exploring the peculiar parties and curious celebrations of fairy tales, especially as we...

Grimm’s Saga No. 253: The Nose Fairy Tale Grapevines and Noses There was a fellow living at the farm of a certain gentleman named H., who pe...

(Click on picture to enlarge.) The Imposing Fortress Königstein and its Infamous Whortleberries Grimm’s Saga No. 229: Der Jungferstei...

Grimm’s Saga No. 94: The Lily (The abbreviations used in the first line of this legend are probably intended to protect the identities of th...

Grimm’s Saga No. 114 November Fairy Tale: Maidens of the Moor Bathe in the Shadows of Sunken Cities In the Rhone Valley there is a swamp cal...

From the shores of Lake Geneva: Fairy Tale of the Little Swineherd (This fairy tale takes place on Lake Leman in Switzerland, which is ...

Grimm’s Saga No. 301: The Paradise of Animals In every creature a spark of God. Hidden between the lofty and forbidding cliffs of t...

Grimm's Fairy Tale No. 53: Snow White Once in the middle of winter when the snow flakes fell like feathers from heaven, a q...

Doppelgänger and Our Own Internal Demons An illusive spirit appears in Grimms' Saga No. 260 Ghost as Married Woman ( full text bel...

Ghost Theory Expounded Here (So what does ghost theory have to do with the latest book of short stories, Too Much Happiness , by Alice M...

Grimm's Saga No. 260 In the time when Johann Casimir was Duke of Coburg*, his Master of the Stables was named G. P. von Z. This mas...

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. ...

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...

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...

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

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

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