Friday, March 17, 2017

A Snake Fairy Tale for St. Patrick's Day

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Fairy Tale of the Little Ringed Snake , Grimm's Fairy Tale No. 105 Version I There once lived a little child and every day its...
Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Grimm's Fairy Tale No. 108: Hans-My-Hedgehog

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Grimm's Fairy Tale No. 108: Hans-My-Hedgehog Once there lived a farmer, who was blessed with plenty of money and property. But ...
Wednesday, February 15, 2017

The Riddle of Humpty Dumpty

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Humpty Dumpty sate [ sic ] on a wall, Humpti Dumpti [ sic ] had a great fall; Threescore men and threescore more, Cannot place...
Sunday, December 11, 2016

For Christmas: The Singing Fir Tree

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In Switzerland, a story is told about a man named Hans Kreutz, who lived with his wife on Thun Lake in Ralligen. In the year 1555, a thi...
Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Winter is Coming

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A rather gruesome tale for gruesome weather. How to Influence the Weather with Hailstones and Winter Gales Grimm's Saga No. 25...
Monday, October 31, 2016

Hänsel and Gretel

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Grimm’s Fairy Tale No. 15: Hänsel and Gretel A poor woodcutter lived with his wife and two children at the edge of a deep forest. The ...
Saturday, August 13, 2016

Foreseeing the Coming Calamity: the Ghost Ship

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Grimm's Saga 281: The Phantom Ship People who live on the Baltic Sea believe they can often foresee a shipwreck or strand...
Monday, June 20, 2016

Fairy Tale from Latvia: The Old Witch, The Devil and The Bear

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A Fairy Tale from Latvia: The Old Hag is Coming: Once a harp player met the devil on one of his sojourns. The devil asked him: “Where ...
Tuesday, April 12, 2016

For Earth Day: a Fairy Tale of the Moon, Earth and Cosmos

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The Moon, the Earth, the Cosmos  In ancient times there was a land where night was always black and the heavens were draped like ...