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 …
Tag: Grimm Brothers
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 …
How To Grow Up Courageously
I'm really enjoying doing these Fairy Tale posts. I shall be quite sad when I run out of them, unfortunately there isn't an endless supply of them. Hansel and Gretel today though and as I was already aware of cinematic versions of Snow White in my discussion Disney just got Grimm and Little Red Riding Hood in Red …
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 …
Disney just got Grimm
A flash of inspiration and motivation has sprung up at me and if I don't grab it, it'll be gone and I shall lay in bed uselessly. I read a very interesting post (How To Be Productive, Even When You Are Depressed) and I got so distracted by the Fairy Tale metaphor that I kind of …