by Fairy Tale Review | Apr 12, 2015 | Fairy-Tale Files
Hans Christian Atlantic Broadway, books and the big screen: Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid” has enjoyed a considerable fanbase throughout its 178-year existence. If you were in South Korea last year, chances are you caught the soap operafied version of it called The...
by Fairy Tale Review | Apr 3, 2015 | Fairy-Tale Files
Navajo Ye’iitsoh (Big Giant) In Navajo culture there is no monster more fearsome or powerful than Ye’iitsoh (the Big Giant). A creature from the early part of the world who made his living killing and eating humans, he devoured so many people humanity...
by Fairy Tale Review | Mar 27, 2015 | Fairy-Tale Files
Rooting for SerpentsIn the Grimm’s The Three Snake Leaves, a soldier is entombed alive with his dead princess bride. After cutting a snake into thirds and watching another revive it with magical leaves, our hero uses the plant to resurrect his beloved. Later, when she...
by Fairy Tale Review | Mar 20, 2015 | Fairy-Tale Files
(A one-off analysis, mullets and all…)Jareth: The Sexiest Rumpelstiltskin of 1986 David Bowie’s portrayal of Jareth, the Goblin King, is stunning. In the film’s beginning we assume the Goblin King’s role is to simply steal children, giving their caretakers a chance to...
by Fairy Tale Review | Mar 17, 2015 | Pins & Needles
No. 27: Matthew MercierQ. Do you think humans are naturally drawn, in some way, to the ugly, as you once were to the witch in The Wizard of Oz? Why might that be, considering the connotation that ugly = evil?Absolutely, whether we admit it or not. But it’s queasy...
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