(Click on picture to enlarge.) Germanic tribes revered Thor almost as much as they honored his father Wotan , the god of heaven.  Thor’s...

Reading the Swiss Fairy Tale: The Phantom Rider The phantom in this Swiss fairy tale comes from a long line of bearded villains. Following...

The Phantom Rider of Switzerland On stormy spring nights the  Reuss River rushes wildly through the jagged rocks in the Aargau Valley in S...

Fairy Tale of the Lithuanian Hedgehog and the Gentleman’s Daughter Here is another intriguing version of the fairy tale Hans My Hedgehog ...

The weather ( finally ) seems to be a bit more like spring! And surely beautiful days are on the way! In these times of hopeful anticipatio...

(Click on picture to enlarge.) In this fairy tale for Easter: the blasphemy of harp playing, the incredible power of the first blo...

Intimations of Summer, Illustration Maurice Sendak Fairy Tales for Palm Sunday The Palm Sunday tradition of carrying and wavin...

(Illustration by Harald Wiberg) A Fairy Tale from Switzerland: The Venetian Gnome In ancient times dark-haired persons often traveled ...

Illustration by Beatrix Potter Grimm’s Fairy Tale No. 63: The Three Feathers A long time ago there lived a king who had three sons.  Two ...

(God's Finger) Grimm’s Saga No. 350: Oxen Reveal the Holy Site   Near Matten in a village not far from the mouth of the Fermel Vall...

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

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

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...