Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Fairy Tale of the Importance of Giving Thanks for Our Daily Bread

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Our Daily Bread Grimm’s Saga No. 241: Bread Becomes Stone In many places, especially Westphalia, the story is told of a hard-hearted s...
Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Fairy Tale of the House in the Woods

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(Image, Maurice Sendak from Dear Mili ) Grimm's Fairy Tale No. 169 The House in the Woods A poor woodcutter lived with h...
Thursday, November 11, 2010

The Fairy Tale of Life as an Enchanted Frog

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Life as an Enchanted Frog A variation of the woman-as-snake theme. The Lithuanian Fairy Tale of a King’s Son and an Enchanted Ma...
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Friday, November 5, 2010

Women who Become Snakes

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Grimm’s Saga No. 224: Maiden of the Meadows A boy from Auerbach near the Mountain Road tended his father’s cows on the narrow valley...
Monday, November 1, 2010

Fairy Tale for Late Autumn: The Maiden Notburga and Her White Stag

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Grimm’s Saga No. 351: The Maiden Notburga In the lower Inn Valley in Tyrol lies Rostenburg Castle ,* where in times of old a piou...
Saturday, October 30, 2010

The Devil as Advocate

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Grimm’s Saga No. 211: The Devil as Advocate Once a farmhand living in the Mark gave his landlord money for safekeeping. When he asked ...
Sunday, October 24, 2010

Maidens with Keys and the Passing of the Seasons

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Grimm’s Saga No. 222 The Chatelaine of Oselberg In ancient times a castle stood on the Oselberg Mountain between Dinkelsbuehl...