The Alchemy of Love    “ An opera about an archetypal myth presented as a medieval fairy tale, ” so describes William Berger the opera Lo...

Happy Valentine’s Day! In keeping with the theme of love and courtship, this week FairyTaleChannel is highlighting the romance of the Sw...

  Image from the Bodleian Library, French ca. 1487 Grimm’s Saga No. 542: Lohengrin at Brabant The Duke of Brabant and Limburg died withou...

The current events in Egypt make it seem only natural to turn to a fairy tale from that region of the world. Here is one from ancient Egyp...

 A Fairy Tale Courtship Reading the Fairy Tale Sweetheart Roland True Love Enkindled   Even the title of the fairy tale, Swe...

 The Mysterious Power of Music  Grimm’s Fairy Tale No. 56:    Sweetheart Roland There once lived a woman who was really a wi...

Overcoming Inner Demons Fairy Tale Resolutions for the New Year! January is the month of fresh starts and working on New Year’s resolut...

The Stag Who Saw His Reflection in the Pool In a deep crystalline pool of water a stag gazed lovingly at his own reflection. ...

Fable of the Lion and Mouse A small act of kindness is often received with enormous gratitude, as this fable teaches. A lion once lay sl...

Aesop’s Fable No. 19: Tale of the Viper and the File  Moral: This fable teaches caution in handling sharp-toothed objects. A hungry viper...

(Pablo Picasso, Weeping Woman with Handkerchief, 1937) Grimm’s Fairy Tale No. 150: The Old Beggar Woman There once lived an o...

Fairy Tale Parties, and Dancing, and Feasting on New Year's Eve Designing your own New Year's Eve Traditions: Starting at 11:59 p...

(Illustration Tomi Ungerer, Das Grosse Liederbuch ) Grimm’s Saga No. 232: The Farmers of Kolbeck   In the year 1012 a farmer in the v...