“Then I must die at once for your are my superior,” the magician replied and drew his last breath. Prince and steed flew back to the Hea...

T he prince mounted the swift-hooved steed and flew like the wind to the rocky cliff. He suffered the magician such a severe blow, that ...

“Well and good Dear Head, I will help you. But can you not tell me where my father is?” “Dear son, when you have slain the magician an...

“Well and good Dear Head, I will help you. But can you not tell me where my father is?” “Dear son, when you have slain the mag...

The Fairy Tale of Prince and Horse tells the tantalizing story of a prince on a quest to find his father, who encounters a giant talking h...

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The Hare and the Hedgehog " Through the hedge and down the furrow, Till he gets into his burrow."   (Nicholas Breton) Th...

Spring is the Time of Dragons, Lizards, Snakes and Creepy Things According to another version of the legend of Notburga ,  King Dagober...

Grimm’s Saga No. 217 Spring Awakening: the Time when Dragons Stir  Alpine folk in Switzerland have preserved many legends about dr...

I n May time, the poet, wandering in the depths of the forest, is met by the wood-wife  (wood wyf) or nymph of the forest.

Shrouded in Mystery: The Female Hooded Deity According to the Roman poet Juvenal who wrote around 100 AD, the hood or cucullus was a...

THE FIRST KISS OF LOVE. Ἁ βάρβιτος δ ὲ χορδα ῖ ς Ἔ ρωτα μο ῦ νον ἠ χε ῖ . [1] Anacreon [ Ode 1]. Lord Byron 1. Away w...

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dodge a bullet . To n T o dodge a bullet: To avoid something or some situation that turns out to be undesirable, disastrous, d...

A wonderful and strange fairy tale for the frozen days of winter: only iron bands can keep a true heart from breaking. In times of old w...

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