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02-22-2007, 01:17 AM
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| | | Favourite Fables and Fairytales (spam on topic only please)
Recently I was doing some theoretical reading on fairytales, and it occurred to me that there are really very few I like.
But I do appreciate "Beauty and the Beast" I like the opposition and symbolism... the fact that it has a lot of layers and depth to it,and goes far beyond the surface.
Does anyone else here have any favourite fairytales or similar? p.s I wasn't quite sure if this belonged in OT or here, but it seems to me this is very much one of those crossover topics. 
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02-22-2007, 04:50 AM
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| | I love fairy tales, and I've spent a considerable ammount of time building my library on the subject. Sort of a pet geek project for me.  I can only mention some of my favourites. The Greek slave Aesop collected and retold some amazing and well thought out stories. Homér of course retold the Odyssey, which is an all time fave of mine. Russia and the Balkans have some fantastic but rather dark stories, while the original stories of the Brothers Grimm is on par with all modern horror and dark fantasy. So is the Norse folk tales collected by Asbjørnsen & Moe and many of the stories of H.C Andersen. And let's not forget 1001 Nights... those are sheer magic.
What really gives me a thrombosis is when fables and fairytales are "Disneyfied" or distorted by PC idiocy or religious censorship. Sadly that has happened a lot over the years. To find something remotely close to an original Brothers Grimm version of Snow White in print was almost impossible up 'till the end of the 1980s. Roughly 40% of 1001 Nights is still censored and banned in many countries today.
Oh, I'm rambling... 
One of my absolute faves is the Asbjørnsen & Moe story "Følgesvennen" (The Companion). It's quite a gruesome story in it's original form so it's usually left out of most collections, but it's a great morality tale.
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02-22-2007, 08:49 AM
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Originally Posted by dragon wench  But I do appreciate "Beauty and the Beast" I like the opposition and symbolism... the fact that it has a lot of layers and depth to it,and goes far beyond the surface. | I loved fairytales as a kid (and still love reading them to my niece and nephews) and Beauty & the Beast is my favourite too for pretty much the same reasons 
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02-22-2007, 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Moonbiter One of my absolute faves is the Asbjørnsen & Moe story "Følgesvennen" (The Companion). It's quite a gruesome story in it's original form so it's usually left out of most collections, but it's a great morality tale. | Gruesome, like many other stories they collected. How anyone ever found a story where they make soup out of someone's head to be a childs story is still beyond my imagination.  
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02-22-2007, 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Fiberfar Gruesome, like many other stories they collected. How anyone ever found a story where they make soup out of someone's head to be a childs story is still beyond my imagination. | Actually, it wasn't. It's a folk tale. The assumption that it's suitable for children came later. Kids are such sissies today, they can't handle a little cannibalism...
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02-22-2007, 01:02 PM
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| | Working in a library, I'm always amused by the parents that come in and browse our folk and fairy-tale section. I just love their reaction when they find out that the stories they remember are the sanitized(Disney) versions and not the original versions. Have even had a few patrons complain about these.
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02-22-2007, 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Moonbiter | I agree. Why not add some reality to their beliefs. Meat does NOT come from the super market
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02-22-2007, 05:30 PM
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| | My knowledge of fairytales and fables is pretty limited. I red some Perrault, some La Fontaine and some Anderson, but not much. I plan on reading more though, since they have inspired so many works.
I just bought a Leprince de Beaumont anthology last month, so I'll probably look at The Beauty and the Beast soon.
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02-26-2007, 09:11 PM
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| | Lots of those fairytales have been sanitized, but my parents let me read the grittier versions when I was little. No wonder I have insomnia to this day...
One of my favorite books that I received for my tenth birthday is Myths and Folklore of Ireland by Jeremiah Curtin. I still have that book (well, I never throw books away, but that is besides the point...) Myths and Folk-lore of Ireland Index
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02-26-2007, 09:28 PM
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| | Big Thanks Kathcf: 
Link is going to prove useful in my work, have a student researching Irish folklore and this should be of interest to her.
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02-27-2007, 01:51 AM
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Originally Posted by BlueSky Big Thanks Kathcf:
Link is going to prove useful in my work, have a student researching Irish folklore and this should be of interest to her. | Oh, good, I am glad that was useful. If your student isn't aware of this website, she should find it helpful to her as well. Encyclopedia Mythica: Celtic mythology.
That particular link pertains to deities and important figures in Celtic and Irish folklore and mythology, but the site in general is a wonderful resource for learning about other culture's (Greek, Norse, Roman) mythology and folklore. Encyclopedia Mythica: mythology, folklore, and religion.
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03-01-2007, 07:51 PM
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| | you guys are making me feel stupid. i hardly know any fairytales outside of mother goose-type ones 
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