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Faery Tales (pg. 2)
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| naesean3 |
| quote: | Originally posted by EvilTree
It's very interesting to read faerie tales from other cultures, as many share similar morals to the stories, yet have quite distinct flavour to each.
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exactly - insightful and culturally diverse.........keep posting
There was a Russian one I liked too......BABA YAGA!
"She is all-knowing, all seeing and all-revealing to those who would dare to ask.
She is said to be a guardian spirit of the fountain of the Waters of Life and of Death.
Baba Yaga is the Arch-Crone, the Goddess of Wisdom and Death, the Bone Mother. Wild and untamable, she is a nature spirit bringing wisdom and death of ego, and through death, rebirth."
interesting mythology..............:disbelief |
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| El Kay Dee |
hmm...gotta read some of these faery tales sometime...
do love fairy tales tho.... |
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| naesean3 |
here ya go El Kay Dee....
The Arabian Nights......
The Arabian Nights are a collection of Persian, Arabian and Indian folk tales handed down through several centuries. There is no definitive text, but several variant manuscripts.
ali baba and the forty thieves or.......
the TALE of the BULL and THE ASS
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| EvilTree |
| quote: | Originally posted by naesean3
exactly - insightful and culturally diverse.........keep posting
There was a Russian one I liked too......BABA YAGA!
"She is all-knowing, all seeing and all-revealing to those who would dare to ask.
She is said to be a guardian spirit of the fountain of the Waters of Life and of Death.
Baba Yaga is the Arch-Crone, the Goddess of Wisdom and Death, the Bone Mother. Wild and untamable, she is a nature spirit bringing wisdom and death of ego, and through death, rebirth."
interesting mythology..............:disbelief |
That probably describes quite a few mother in laws.:stongue: |
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| angelgirl |
another HCA tale, Princess and the Pea was one of my favorites as a child. The queen reminds me of what a scary step mother might be like ;)
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| naesean3 |
| quote: | Originally posted by EvilTree
That probably describes quite a few mother in laws.:stongue: |
LOL :stongue:
oh it gets worse........
BABA YAGA!
"Her nose is so long that it rattles against the ceiling of her hut when she snores, stretched out in all directions upon her ancient brick oven. (SHE EATS PEOPLE!!!!!!)
Not being a boringly-conventional witch, she does not wear a black hat, and has never been seen on a broomstick. She travels perched in a large mortar with her knees almost touching her chin, and pushes herself across the forest floor with a pestle.
Whenever she appears on the scene, a wild wind begins to blow, the trees around creak and groan and leaves whirl through the air. Shrieking and wailing, a host of spirits often accompany her on her way."
scary !!! :nervous:
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| naesean3 |
| quote: | Originally posted by angelgirl
another HCA tale, Princess and the Pea was one of my favorites as a child. The queen reminds me of what a scary step mother might be like ;)
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evil stepmothers had a nasty reputation........
2000+ year old Irish Faery tale/Myth
THE CHILDREN OF LIR
The spell and transformation of the Children of Lir into swans by their evil and jealous stepmother.................
inspires this awesome sculpture in Dublin, Ireland
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| kabelicious |
| Tie: Beauty and the Beast or Sleeping Beauty |
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| Crib |
| I can't believe no one has mentioned Jack and the Beanstalk...that one oWnz the rest :) |
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| awishabear |
| quote: | Originally posted by naesean3
evil stepmothers had a nasty reputation........
2000+ year old Irish Faery tale/Myth
THE CHILDREN OF LIR
The spell and transformation of the Children of Lir into swans by their evil and jealous stepmother.................
inspires this awesome sculpture in Dublin, Ireland
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Am I weird, or does that look almost beautiful? I love art.
But that faery tale seems kinda awesome.. at least she turned them into SWANS and not like, DODO BIRDS! |
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| Irishaddict |
| Hansel and Gretel. |
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