The Quiet Folk of Plesse   There are many springs, wells, ravines and caves near the Hessian mountain castle Plesse , where, accor...

Grimm’s Saga No. 248: The Saga of the Little Mouse  The following story purportedly took place at the estate of a noble family at the begi...

Thor Visits the Giant Hymir King Utgard Loke once foiled Thor’s plans. Angered by the king’s actions, Thor decided to take reven...

Thor Visits the Giant Skrymir Thor wandered with Loki and Thialsi through the mountains a long, long time ago. Evening came and they arr...

(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 ...