Choosing A Spouse 101

It’s time for more fairy tale adventures, hooray! Today we are going to look at a story all about deception, mistrust and how curiosity kills the cat. Bluebeard (not a pirate) is a tale that, much like the others we have discussed, has been told and retold over the centuries. But it isn’t so well …

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Wicked Motherly Love…

Welcome again fairy tale adventurers. Today's fairy/folk tale is possibly one you haven't heard of, I certainly hadn't until I read it. This should in theory be a simple continuation of yesterday's post on Hansel & Gretel (How To Grow Up Courageously), but like I said before they seem a little bit different to me …

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Red is better than White

Well hello again my fellow fairy tale adventurers. In Disney just got Grimm I talked... in length... about Snow White and her many incarnations throughout the centuries. Again I'll be using  stories from my copy of The Classic Fairy Tales  edited by Maria Tatar. This time I'm plunging into the dark wood home to grandmothers and frequented by …

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