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When Wishing Still Helped: the study of fairy tales

When Wishing Still Helped: the study of fairy tales

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When Wishing Still Helped: the study of fairy tales

When Wishing Still Helped: the study of fairy tales

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When Wishing Still Helped: the study of fairy tales

When Wishing Still Helped: the study of fairy tales

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XIII. Rapunzel

Sep 13th, 201723m 31s
Reading and discussion of the classic Brothers Grimm tale Rapunzel.

XII. Vasilisa the Fair

Jul 22nd, 201730m 55s
I discuses the Russian tale Vasilisa the Fair.

XI. Pan's Labyrinth

Jul 16th, 201729m 4s
Discussion of Guillermo del Toro's 2006 film Pan's Labyrinth 

X. The Frog King

Apr 16th, 201742m 10s
The Frog King is discussed. The first story form The Brothers Grimm collection...It begins "In olden times when wishing still helped one..."

IX. Mother In-Law

Mar 20th, 201726m 2s
A discussion on the obscure Grimm story Mother In-Law. As well as a discussion on the meaning of mothers and cannibalism in all fairytales.

VIII. The Red Shoes

Sep 18th, 201626m 6s
Discussion of Hans Christian Andersen's The Red Shoes.

VII. The Little Mermaid (discussion)

Aug 22nd, 201622m 36s
A discussion of Hans Christian Anderson and his story The Little Mermaid.

VII. The Little Mermaid (Story)

Aug 22nd, 201655m 15s
A reading of The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Anderson.

VI. How Six Made Their Way in the World

Jun 20th, 201627m 3s
A soldier is released from duty, receiving only three coins as a fee. He vows that the king will one day hand over all his treasures... a tale of class war and the importance of "assembling a team". 

V. The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was

May 29th, 201644m 16s
or The Boy Who Could Not Shudder. It is an odd one - You better just listen (audio of the tale included) 

IV. Little Brother and Little Sister

May 13th, 201629m 32s
A look at the classic Brother's Grimm fairy tale Little Brother and Little Sister - sometimes translated as simply: brother and Sister.

III. Briar Rose

Apr 29th, 201649m 9s
Briar Rose is discussed. The origins and subtext of the famoustale of Sleeping Beauty will be a surprise to anyone failure withthe Disney or other modern versions of the story. 

II. How Some Children Played At Slaughtering

Apr 21st, 201639m 55s
I look at the history of the Grimm's choices to revise and delete certain tales and discuss the tale "How Some Children Played At Slaughtering" (audio of story included) which was deleted after the first edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales.

I. Introduction

Apr 20th, 201615m 20s
An Introduction to the examination of classic fairy tales. Looking at the surprising and upsetting gruesomeness found in the original versions of well known tales as well as uncovering forgotten oddities. 
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