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The Cottingley Fairies →
samcoury:
In 1917, Frances Griffiths and Elsie Wright photographed themselves with fairies in the woods behind Elsie’s home. The two girls sought to prove the existence of fairies and inadvertently caused a national sensation. National celebrities from the manager of Kodak to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle came forward to analyze the legitimacy of the fairy figures in the photographs.
The...
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Rapunzel
Read Rapunzel
Yesterday I watched Tangled (which I’d wanted to for a while now), so today I read Rapunzel.
First of all, the story should come with a warning. Warning: this story contains eye gouging. Ouch!
“The man in his terror agreed to everything she asked, and as soon as the child was born the Witch appeared, and having given it the name of Rapunzel which is the same as...
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The Tell-Tale Heart →
Not a fairy tale, but in remembrance of Edgar Allan Poe’s birthday, I read the Tell-Tale Heart today. While it’s not a traditional fairy tale, I think some of Poe’s stories kind of have the same feeling and tone as the original Grimm, Anderson, etc tales. And a lot of the original fairy tales have the same dark and ominous feeling that Poe’s stories tend to have. So here is...
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The Princess and the Pea →
This story is so odd. How would even the most sensitive person feel a pea 20 mattresses or featherbeds down?
“One evening a fearful tempest arose, it thundered and lightened, and the rain poured down from the sky in torrents: besides, it was as dark as pitch. All at once there was heard a violent knocking at the door, and the old King, the Prince’s father, went out himself to open...
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“When they came closer, they saw that the house was made of bread, and the roof...”
– The Brothers Grimm, “Hansel and Gretel” (via libraryland)
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears →
Apparently, Goldilocks was not originally a little girl, but once an old woman in Joseph Jacob and other’s early versions of the tale. Like many fairy tales, the story was changed over time (not just when orally passed down, but after being published), so that the main character became the young blonde. In this version, it is Goldilocks and not an old woman who ransacks the bears’...
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The Old Witch →
The title is the Old Witch but the story is more about two sisters who go two different paths. It reminds me slightly of the Rose Red & Snow White story but here the sisters are not close (apparently).
One sister goes off and is nice to everyone. When she runs into trouble with the witch, the help she once gave to others is returned to her. Her sister follows the same path, but is not nice to...
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Living in Style
Fairy tale royalty lived in style, in beautiful castles and palaces. Many stories feature high towers or moats (to keep the dragons out, of course!) or castle walls. Here are a few artistic castles and palaces, and a few real ones.
Buckingham Palace:
Windsor Castle:
Fun Fact: Castle and Palace are not quite as interchangeable as we use them today: A castle was initially developed as a...
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“One of my heroes, G.K. Chesterton, said, “The old fairy tales endure...”
– Regina Doman
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“Everytime a child says ‘I don’t believe in fairies’ there is a...”
– James M. Barrie
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“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want...”
– Albert Einstein
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Unicorns!
Unicorns are pretty!
Adorable!
Are there fairy tales feature unicorns? Or are they just mythological/fantastic creatures?
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“Yes, yes,” said the Beast, “my heart is good, but still I am a monster.”
“Among...”
– Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont Beauty and the Beast (via mythsweliveby)
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“She said to her, “Grandmother, what great arms you have!”
“That’s to embrace...”
– Charles Perrault Little Red Riding Hood (via mythsweliveby)
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The Buried Moon [at SurLaLune Fairy Tales] →
The moon steps down from the sky and becomes trapped on earth. A tale of the moon and monsters.
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Fairytale by Sara Bareilles
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SurLaLune Fairy Tales →
I’ve just discovered this website and it cemented my idea to create a tumblr dedicated to fairy tales and exploring my interest in them. It has links to stories by the famous fairy tale guys: Anderson, the Grimms, Perault, as well as people I had never heard of like Joseph Jacobs. There are links to essays about fairy tales, a history and timeline of fairy tales, and recommendations to...
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Once upon a time, and twice upon a time, and all...
I don’t read as often as I do, being so in love with television as I am, so it’s taken me a while to pin down my favorite genres (for both mediums). I know that I definitely like fantasy (Harry Potter (books), Lord of the Rings (films), Angel (TV) [Buffy spinoff], etc). I sometimes like Sci-fi/Fantasy (when it’s heavy on the fantasy) (Doctor Who, Firefly). I like when my stories...