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Head... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (petajinnathandersen) http://petajinnathandersen.surlalunefairytales.yuku.com/blog/post/id/118 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:33:45 GMT <![CDATA[ Yeh-Hsien: Commentary Part II ]]> http://petajinnathandersen.surlalunefairytales.yuku.com/blog/post/id/117 Yeh-Hsien is set in what is now modern day Nan-ning, approximately 100 miles north of the frontiers of Annam. Much of this comes from anecdotal evidence; Waley points out that many of the elements in the tale, particularly the existence of a cave-master Wu[1] and a great festival around springtime are both historically recorded facts about the region. But here we must be wary of euhemerism, i.e. a method of rationalising... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (petajinnathandersen) http://petajinnathandersen.surlalunefairytales.yuku.com/blog/post/id/117 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:32:55 GMT <![CDATA[ Yeh-Hsien: Commentary Part I ]]> http://petajinnathandersen.surlalunefairytales.yuku.com/blog/post/id/116 History of Yeh-Hsien

Probably the first recorded version (c. 850-960 C.E. [1]) of a Cinderella tale, Yeh-Hsien was first written down by Tuan Ch'eng Shih[2], though the story itself appears to come from aborigines in the extreme south. Surprisingly, the story was largely ignored until 1911, when attention was drawn to it by Japanese folklorist K. Minakata [3].

In contrast to many other early folklorists, Tuan Ch'eng Shih not only made no effort to... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (petajinnathandersen) http://petajinnathandersen.surlalunefairytales.yuku.com/blog/post/id/116 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:30:02 GMT <![CDATA[ Fairy Tale Fridays: Yeh-Hsien ]]> http://petajinnathandersen.surlalunefairytales.yuku.com/blog/post/id/95

Stippled Fish, feeds@yuku.com (petajinnathandersen) http://petajinnathandersen.surlalunefairytales.yuku.com/blog/post/id/95 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:39:17 GMT <![CDATA[ The Glass Mountain: Commentary ]]> http://petajinnathandersen.surlalunefairytales.yuku.com/blog/post/id/94
Brynhild the Valkyrie, Arthur... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (petajinnathandersen) http://petajinnathandersen.surlalunefairytales.yuku.com/blog/post/id/94 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:35:34 GMT <![CDATA[ Fairy Tale Fridays: ]]> http://petajinnathandersen.surlalunefairytales.yuku.com/blog/post/id/93

Cover of The Yellow Fairy Book, edited... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (petajinnathandersen) http://petajinnathandersen.surlalunefairytales.yuku.com/blog/post/id/93 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:33:55 GMT <![CDATA[ Mother Holle: Commentary (part IV) ]]> http://petajinnathandersen.surlalunefairytales.yuku.com/blog/post/id/67

John Charles Dollman, Frigg... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (petajinnathandersen) http://petajinnathandersen.surlalunefairytales.yuku.com/blog/post/id/67 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:42:26 GMT <![CDATA[ Mother Holle: Commentary (part III) ]]> http://petajinnathandersen.surlalunefairytales.yuku.com/blog/post/id/64

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( feeds@yuku.com (petajinnathandersen) http://petajinnathandersen.surlalunefairytales.yuku.com/blog/post/id/64 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:17:20 GMT <![CDATA[ Mother Holle: Commentary (part II) ]]> http://petajinnathandersen.surlalunefairytales.yuku.com/blog/post/id/60

Gustave Dore: The Snow Queen


feeds@yuku.com (petajinnathandersen) http://petajinnathandersen.surlalunefairytales.yuku.com/blog/post/id/60 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:43:13 GMT <![CDATA[ Mother Holle: Commentary ]]> http://petajinnathandersen.surlalunefairytales.yuku.com/blog/post/id/59
Gustave Dore: The Snow Queen... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (petajinnathandersen) http://petajinnathandersen.surlalunefairytales.yuku.com/blog/post/id/59 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:44:22 GMT <![CDATA[ Fairy Tale Fridays: Mother Holle ]]> http://petajinnathandersen.surlalunefairytales.yuku.com/blog/post/id/58

From "Frau Holle", illustrated by von Hermann Vogel
... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (petajinnathandersen) http://petajinnathandersen.surlalunefairytales.yuku.com/blog/post/id/58 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:43:20 GMT <![CDATA[ Arthur C. Clarke ]]> http://petajinnathandersen.surlalunefairytales.yuku.com/blog/post/id/43 ...[more]


]]> feeds@yuku.com (petajinnathandersen) http://petajinnathandersen.surlalunefairytales.yuku.com/blog/post/id/43 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:22:25 GMT <![CDATA[ Review: Click, Clack Moo--Cows That Type ]]> http://petajinnathandersen.surlalunefairytales.yuku.com/blog/post/id/37 more] ]]> feeds@yuku.com (petajinnathandersen) http://petajinnathandersen.surlalunefairytales.yuku.com/blog/post/id/37 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:25:18 GMT <![CDATA[ Kate Crackernuts: Commentary ]]> http://petajinnathandersen.surlalunefairytales.yuku.com/blog/post/id/35 image
Kay Nielsen: On The Way To The Dance, Twelve Dancing Princesses

Fairy Tale Fridays: Kate Crackernuts

This particular style of tale, with one... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (petajinnathandersen) http://petajinnathandersen.surlalunefairytales.yuku.com/blog/post/id/35 Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:07:11 GMT <![CDATA[ Fairy Tale Fridays: Kate Crackernuts ]]> http://petajinnathandersen.surlalunefairytales.yuku.com/blog/post/id/34 image
Once upon a time, there was a King with a daughter called Bonny Kate, and a Queen with a daughter, also named Kate. Princesses both, the two girls loved one another very much, sharing the best of heart and hearth. The King and Queen, remarking this, soon decided they should love one another also.

Now, everything between the girls... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (petajinnathandersen) http://petajinnathandersen.surlalunefairytales.yuku.com/blog/post/id/34 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 20:12:49 GMT <![CDATA[ Religious Views on Fairytales ]]> http://petajinnathandersen.surlalunefairytales.yuku.com/blog/post/id/33
Which made me think for a moment or two...

From my own perspective:

Against:

I think fairy tales and fantasy literature scare a lot of people because they are 'other'. They espouse ideas that are not necessarily in line with the reader's religious... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (petajinnathandersen) http://petajinnathandersen.surlalunefairytales.yuku.com/blog/post/id/33 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:24:07 GMT <![CDATA[ Fun With Collective Nouns ]]> http://petajinnathandersen.surlalunefairytales.yuku.com/blog/post/id/31
Thinking about this today, I started doing some research on interesting words which, unsurprisingly, led me to the joy that is the collective noun. I find it whimsical and quaint, the way humans have created animal collective nouns based on perceived properties of the animal in question.... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (petajinnathandersen) http://petajinnathandersen.surlalunefairytales.yuku.com/blog/post/id/31 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:18:44 GMT <![CDATA[ Died In A Blogging Accident ]]> http://petajinnathandersen.surlalunefairytales.yuku.com/blog/post/id/30 According to xkcd, 2 people have died in a blogging accident. Extensive and in-depth yahoogling reveals that this is not in fact the case.

But what if it were?

TOP FIVE BLOGGING ACCIDENTS

Death by blogging accident #1:

http://petajinnathandersen.surlalunefairytales.yuku.com/blog/post/id/30 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:15:23 GMT