Monday, January 25, 2010

Divining the Future in Fairy Tales: Crystal Ball Gazing

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The future casts long shadows on these fairy tale characters. Grimm’s Saga No. 119: Crystal Ball Gazi ng A noble and beautiful m...
Thursday, January 21, 2010

The Icelandic Voice in Fairy Tales and Saga

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The importance of seeing the future. Of all the fairy tale genres presented on this website, the Icelandic form is most interest...
Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Where is the Sooth in Soothsaying? The Finns as Skilled Fairy Tale Prognosticators

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Part II: Finn-magic. Ingimund commences the trip to Iceland . King Harold had retired, the mightiest of all kings in the Nor...
Monday, January 18, 2010

The Past, Present and Future in Fairy Tales and the Reluctant Fairy Tale Hero

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Themes: The Finnwife as prognosticator and the Finns themselves as powerful seers. Destiny versus fortune. Things that can versus thi...
Thursday, January 14, 2010

A Fairy Tale from Iceland: Groa's Magic

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Seers in the New Year: Good Luck, Bad Luck or Out of Luck A Fairy Tale from Iceland: Groa’s Magic It is said that many summe...
Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Christmas Book Notes on FairyTaleChannel

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To help you navigate the various Christmas links on this blog, sort through the many different Christmas themes and perhaps provide impetus...
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Monday, December 21, 2009

The Ghosts of Christmas Past

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The Wild Way / Vicentine and Veronese Alps From a remote area of the Italian Alps, a fairy tale about Christmas spirits haunting the W...
Thursday, December 17, 2009

Tree Tales and Christmas Carols for the Bleak Midwinter

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Christmas: a Time of Carols, Trees and Hauntings Christmas trees figure prominently in modern celebrations of the season. However the...
Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Christmas Fairy Tale: Child of Mary

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Grimm's Fairy Tale No. 3: Child of Mary There was once a woodcutter, who lived with his wife outside a deep forest. He...