August 2011
131 posts
4 tags
3 tags
“The Emperor, with his most distinguished courtiers, went in person to the...”
– From The Emperor’s New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen (via booklunatic)
8 tags
10 tags
8 tags
7 tags
Sleeping Beauty
hachi-ko:
Little Briar-Rose (Dornröschen)
A long time ago there were a king and Queen who said every day, “Ah, if only we had a child!” but they never had one. But it happened that once when the queen was bathing, a frog crept out of the water on to the land, and said to her, “Your wish shall be fulfilled; before a year has gone by, you shall have a daughter.”
What the frog had said came...
2 tags
5 tags
I Heart Classics Quotes: Hans Chrisitan Andersen
iheartclassics:
4 tags
4 tags
“….Then he felt quite ashamed, and hid his head under his wing; for he did not...”
– Hans Christian Andersen, The Ugly Duckling (via me465)
4 tags
Heard any good stories lately?
youllgetnothingandlikeit:
Very Ancient Egypt
13 tags
2 tags
3 tags
4 tags
8 tags
14 tags
2 tags
9 tags
5 tags
7 tags
6 tags
13 tags
5 tags
“She was a strange child, quiet and thoughtful; and while her sisters would be...”
– Hans Christian Andersen “The Little Mermaid” (via strivefortheforbidden)
6 tags
“Also something else we picked up on, if you look around the world, no matter...”
– SurLaLune Fairy Tales Blog: Fairy Tales Are About Hope, Once Upon a Time Producer
Still excited for this show.
8 tags
“As literacy grew and the art of printing made books more accessible,...”
– SurLaLune Fairy Tales Blog: Conference in India: FOLK TALES AND AFTER: THEORY & PRAXIS IN STORYTELLING
Interesting thought on the thought of fairy tales/folk stories and their original oral storytelling forms which we’ve gotten away from in the traditional sense.
5 tags
“A folktale is a poetic text that carries some of its cultural contexts within...”
– – A.K. Ramanujan. (via SurLaLune Fairy Tales Blog: Conference in India: FOLK TALES AND AFTER: THEORY & PRAXIS IN STORYTELLING)
6 tags
“Q: Would you say it’s generally true that early versions of stories such...”
– Are dark fairy tales more authentic? - Fairy tales - Salon.com
[I don’t agree, however, on his statement that Disney produces “crappy animated fairy-tale films.” Despite rarely showing Disney on this blog, I love most of the Disney movies/fairy tales and that’s where my...
5 tags
“Q: What is the cultural function of a fairy tale? Broadly speaking, how has it...”
– Are dark fairy tales more authentic? - Fairy tales - Salon.com
5 tags
“[…] stories such as “Snow White” and “Beauty and the...”
– SurLaLune Fairy Tales Blog: Salon.com Asks Jack Zipes “Are dark fairy tales more authentic?”
next post will have some of the Q&A w/Jack Zipes
7 tags
6 tags
7 tags
4 tags
5 tags
10 tags
2 tags
“He kissed her red mouth, played with her long hair, and laid his head against...”
– Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid (via t0ysf0rtwats)
9 tags
5 tags
“We read to know that we are not alone. ~ C.S. Lewis”
– C.S. Lewis Quotes
2 tags
6 tags
6 tags
7 tags
10 tags
8 tags
6 tags
8 tags
“There is always an awareness in children of their own vulnerability, however...”
– John Connolly, “A Conversation with John Connolly,” The Book of Lost Things
9 tags
“Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, let them at least...”
– C.S. Lewis (via starflavoredspaghettisauce)
4 tags
