Thursday, March 31, 2011

Dragons Take Flight in Spring

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Grimm’s Saga No. 217 Spring Awakenings: the Time of Dragons Stirring Alpine folk in Switzerland have preserved many legends about drago...
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Knight Frankenstein and the Lindworm at the Fountain

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(Click on picture to enlarge.) Grimm’s Saga No. 219: Knight Frankenstein and the Lindworm at the Fountain In ancient times...
Thursday, March 24, 2011

The Slings and Arrows of Fairy Tales

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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...
Monday, March 21, 2011

The Avenging Angels, a Fairy Tale from the Gesta Romanorum

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