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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 4:26 pm
What was the one about the brothers turned into swans and the sister knit sweaters made out of thorns for them? I remember that story really upset me as a kid. I did love hans christian andersen, loved the little mermaid story.
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Mamapors
Member
07-29-2004
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 4:37 pm
3/10----Rapunzel named after a vegetable!!!!! Hmmmmmmmmm--I have to check that out.
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 4:38 pm
Maris, The Wild Swans, and here's a link: The Wild Swans I do remember the story, but I had to google it to find (and recall) the title.
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Serenity
Member
06-28-2005
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 5:23 pm
9/10 Seems my English degree is useful for something! LOL.
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 5:28 pm
Oh Calamity, you're right...I'd forgotten about Hans Christian Anderson til you said his name but I had both he and the Brothers Grimm as a child and also read them to my sons but we'd also talk about the stories as well. What a great pick Maris, the Wild Swans was an outstanding story...I'm always for a happy ending.
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 6:41 pm
6/10
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 6:42 pm
Wealth, happiness, and high rank are yours! You know how to trick the monster, steal the gold, and win the crown. What are you doing here? Go seek your fortune! You got 9/10 correct. I goofed on the Beauty and the Beast one... Dumb, cuz I knew the right answer, just forgot it. Duh!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 6:43 pm
ANYONE remember a fairytale about a princess who's father the king put her up on top of a mountain made of glass (or ice) and the suitors had to find a way to get to the top to 'rescue' her - And the winner won her hand in marriage? Nobody I know has heard of it and I distinctly remember it.
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Westtexan
Member
07-16-2004
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 7:24 pm
I got 9/10 and I should have since I have been doing a folk tale study with my students. I'm an elementary school librarian and have introduced this section of the library (Dewey 398.2 in case your curious) to the third graders. We have had so much fun reading stories from all different cultures. My current favorite is Brer Rabbit. The kids are fascinated with the fact that these stories were what entertained children many years ago before there were TV, movies, and even books. We just read Rapunzel and that is the only reason I got that question right. I'd have never remembered that detail about her name otherwise. I missed the Blackbeard question. I have never read that story. Mighty gruesome indeed. I love, love folk tales and the whole manner in which they were gathered by the Grimm Brothers, Joel Chandler Harris, and countless others. If I could make a career out of folk tale study, I'd do it. (I think that Urban Legends are a type of modern day folk tales).
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 7:42 pm
But whatever you do, Westtexan, don't throw me in the briar patch! MB, I remember that story distinctly! Let me google and find it for you.
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 7:44 pm
Here it is, and the title will make you smack your head: The Glass Mountain
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 8:57 pm
You got 6/10 correct. Not out of the enchanted forest yet. You might escape the ogre's soup pot, but can you find the treasure and win the princess's love? Keep studying and maybe you will.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Thursday, February 02, 2006 - 12:23 pm
Herckleperckle: I think you may have misunderstood my post. Or perhaps I've misunderstood yours, lol. I wasn't criticizing fairy tales for being dark or frightening. Not at all! It was just that a couple posters had mentioned the gruesome Brothers Grimm and I was simply chiming in to say that, for me, it was Andersen's stories that were the more disturbing and upsetting. Now I don't mean to imply that all of his stories were bleak. He did occasionally (very occasionally) come through with a tale that, while it may have left me with a feeling of melancholy, at least didn't find me sobbing and shattered at The End. And even the most downbeat of his stories were still written in exquisitely beautiful language. Although that just made things seem even more terrible at times! It awes me how Andersen took universal elements of folklore to create his own timeless fables. And yet...and yet...his pessimism and vengeful morality still trouble me. I guess I just empathize with his characters too much and so find their suffering and sad fates to be almost unbearable. That we're left with the theme that pain is the road to Paradise and fir trees and tin soldiers can expect no more than a fiery death gives me no comfort. You do have me at a disadvantage as I've never formally studied fairy tales. But I think there is more to some of them than "mere life lessons" (although they are used for that as well). They also contain history and ideologies and codes. You're absolutely right that they evolve over time - reading a tale from a particular time and place is sort of like looking at a cultural fossil. New legends are even being created right this second, although they may not be told for many years to come. Humanity lives and dies by culture and so our stories, and their lessons, are very important. But this is all a different topic!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, February 02, 2006 - 10:32 pm
Herkie, Thanks so much. I don't remember it being as long or as gruesome, but its basically the same story. The weird thing is that NOBODY I know has ever heard of it. I was begining to think I'd made it up. LOL.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, February 02, 2006 - 10:37 pm
PS/ Anyone interested in fairytales should make an effort to see the Tony Award winning Stephen Sondheim musical Into The Woods. Its not on Broadway anymore, but if there's a revival near you, its a must-see! It's two-tiered. Its entertaining for the kids, but its got clever, delicious undertones for the adults. IMHO, its geared more for adults, but kids will enjoy it too. It's basically about what happens AFTER happily ever after... Its my favourite musical, and I highly recommend it. I have the video starring Bernadette Peters. (I saw it on Broadway starring Phylicia Rashad of the Cosby show.) Anyhow, no discussion of Fairy Tales would be complete with mentioning Into The Woods. IMHO. If you can rent the video or dvd, you should. You'll laff and you'll cry and you might even thank me. LOL.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Friday, February 03, 2006 - 4:17 pm
I love Into the Woods. Can't remember if there were some changes made with the revival from a few years ago, and if so, which version is available for companies to stage. But it's well worth seeing in any case!
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Merrysea
Member
08-13-2004
| Friday, February 03, 2006 - 6:01 pm
9 out of 10. I missed the one about Bluebeard - I've never heard that story!
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