It’s been awhile since I’ve posted so here’s a reminder: I’ve been going through the Grimm’s 1812 volume of fairytales, one after the other for a few years. I’ll finish eventually, I promise. [CW: some Looney Tunes-level violence and shenanigans by animals and anthropomorphized household objects] Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index type 210: The Traveling Animals and the Wicked Man … Continue reading #FairytaleTuesday: Herr Korbes
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#FairytaleTuesday: The Robber Bridegroom
It’s been awhile since I've posted so here’s a reminder: I’ve been going through the Grimm’s 1812 volume of fairytales, one after the other for a few years. I’ll finish eventually, I promise. [CW: murder, dismemberment] Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index type 955: The Robber Bridegroom. This one is related to type 312: Bluebeard and type 311: How the … Continue reading #FairytaleTuesday: The Robber Bridegroom
Fairytale Tuesday: The Elves and The Shoemaker
It's been awhile since I posted so here's a reminder: I've been going through the Grimm's 1812 volume of fairytales, one after the other for a few years. I'll finish eventually but for now, let's move on to some cobbler-elf shenanigans This is one of those Grimm multi-part tales, which means multiple Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index classifications:"The … Continue reading Fairytale Tuesday: The Elves and The Shoemaker
#FairytaleTuesday: Mrs. Fox
So, this is yet another weird little story brought to us by the Brothers Grimm that has managed to hang on and come back through every printed version of Grimm's fairytales. It seems to be very popular but there's an element of this story that has me asking a really important question and it doesn't seem that anyone has really answered it, as yet. But first... the story!
#FairytaleTuesday: The Tablecloth, the Knapsack, the Cannon Hat, and the Horn
This story centers on three poor brothers from the Black Mountains who decide to set off to seek their fortune. They made their way to Spain, where they came upon a mountain surrounded by silver.
#FairytaleTuesday: The Little Magic Table, The Golden Donkey, and the Club in the Sack
Once upon a time there was a shoemaker who had three sons and a goat. The sons had to help him in his trade, and the goat had to nourish them with her milk. In order for the goat to get good, delicious food every day, the sons took turns and led her out to graze in a meadow.
#FolkloreThursday: Woman Wept
The purpose of the women's existence also varies, depending on the combination of elements that are driving their legend and the time and place in which the story is being told. Some are looking to rescue or replace the children that have been lost to them. Some appear to herald the deaths of others. And some find themselves stuck in a recursive loop, repeating their deaths over and over again, never resting and affecting nothing.
#FairytaleTuesday: The Sparrow and His Four Children
The sons tell their father where they went on their unplanned journeys and what they ate. After each son answers the father will admonish him, telling him of the dangers he could have faced. Each of these dangers centers around men and boys, which is unsurprising given that the nest was damaged by bad boys simply for the sake of causing trouble.
#FolkloreThursday: Demons in the Night
Before we understood the nature of sleep, and how our brain and body interact while we're sleeping, it was believed that this paralysis was caused by a literal demon, or night hag, sitting on the sleeper's chest. These night hags, or night mares, would ride the sleeper, leaving them terrified and exhausted come morning.
#FairytaleTuesday: Hans’s Trina
One time Hans returned home at noon and found Trina sleeping again in their room. So he took his knife and cut off her dress at the knees. Trina awoke and thought: 'It’s time now to go to work.' However, when she went outside to work and saw that the dress was so short she became frightened and wondered whether she really was Trina and said to herself: 'Am I or am I not Trina?'
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