From the Gesta Romanorum : The Slings and Arrows of Kingship A very noble king reigned in ancient times. He was wise and rich and had a v...

Hermann Hesse Selects Fairy Tales from the Gesta Romanorum:  Of Satan’s Wickedness and How God’s Judgment Often Remains Hidden In ancient...

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

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

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

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

  (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...

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...