Thursday, March 17, 2011

Hermann Hesse Picks Fairy Tales: the Memento of Mortality

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(Click on picture to enlarge.) In the next few weeks, the FairyTaleChannel will highlight several fairy tales and legends of the GESTA RO...
Thursday, March 10, 2011

Killing the Wild Man and Burying Demon Winter in Fairy Tales

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In my last two blog posts I have tried to describe the connection between the folk customs of Shrovetide or Carnival and European fairy ...
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Sunday, March 6, 2011

Carnival Celebrations in Fairy Tale Land: Death by Dancing or the Ship of Fools

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(Click on picture to enlarge). Carnival Celebrations in Fairy Tale Land: Death by Dancing or the Ship of Fools In 1483 German ch...
Saturday, March 5, 2011

Remnants of Ancient Dance Found in Fairy Tales

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  Grotesque Masked Dancing during Carnival, "Morisken Type" or Morris Dancing, characterized by finger snapping, black...
Thursday, March 3, 2011

Dancing Mania or Fairy Tale of the Shoes that were Danced To Bits

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  (Tomi Ungerer, The Joy of Dancing) Grimm’s Fairy Tale No. 133 The Shoes that were Danced to Bits There once lived a king w...
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Thursday, February 17, 2011

The Alchemy of Love in Lohengrin

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The Alchemy of Love    “ An opera about an archetypal myth presented as a medieval fairy tale, ” so describes William Berger the opera Lo...
Monday, February 14, 2011

A Valentine's Day Fairy Tale

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Happy Valentine’s Day! In keeping with the theme of love and courtship, this week FairyTaleChannel is highlighting the romance of the Sw...
Sunday, February 13, 2011

Grimm's Saga No. 542: Lohengrin at Brabant

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  Image from the Bodleian Library, French ca. 1487 Grimm’s Saga No. 542: Lohengrin at Brabant The Duke of Brabant and Limburg died withou...
Friday, February 11, 2011

Becoming What You Are, an Egyptian Fairy Tale

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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...
Thursday, February 10, 2011

For Valentine's Day: Love and Marriage Celebrated in Fairy Tales (and Movies)

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 A Fairy Tale Courtship Reading the Fairy Tale Sweetheart Roland True Love Enkindled   Even the title of the fairy tale, Swe...
Sunday, February 6, 2011

Sweetheart Roland

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 The Mysterious Power of Music  Grimm’s Fairy Tale No. 56:    Sweetheart Roland There once lived a woman who was really a wi...
Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Fairy Tale Resolutions for the New Year!

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Overcoming Inner Demons Fairy Tale Resolutions for the New Year! January is the month of fresh starts and working on New Year’s resolut...
Saturday, January 29, 2011

Lafontaine's Fable: The Stag Who Saw His Reflection in the Pool

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