Monday, December 13, 2010

A Medieval Christmas Carol: King Charles the Fat Encounters His Christmas Ghost

›
Grimm’s Saga No. 467: King Charles Sees his Ancestors in Hell and in Paradise On Christmas Eve King Charles (The Fat) lay in bed early in t...
Friday, December 10, 2010

The Fairy Tale Goddesses and Spectres of Christmas

›
Perchta , Woodcut ca. 1486 Grimm’s Saga No. 269: Beware of Wild Berta In Swabia, Franconia and Thuringia people often admonish stub...
Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Christmas Spirits Haunt the Land in December

›
Killing the Wild Man, After Pieter Breughel, ca. 1566 Grimm’s Saga No. 270: The Tuerst , the Posterli and the Straeggele, the Wild Ghos...
Sunday, December 5, 2010

Dark Nights of the Fairy Tale: the Wild Man and Wild Woman of Christmas

›
Dark Nights of the Fairy Tale: The Wild Man and Wild Woman of Christmas Storm spirits polt through the air in December. When their feet...
1 comment:
Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Attitudes toward the Feminine through the Prism of Fairy Tales and Music

›
Attitudes toward the Feminine through the Prism of Fairy Tales and Music Here is a musical romp through various fairy tale themes I ha...
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

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

›
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

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