Tag Archives: Fairy Tale

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Profuse

Time bleeds profusely across my lost page Senses felt, sometimes love; others empty rage Dancing on the ends of pierced second hands Pivoting with leaping conclusions that sometimes land You speak to me of patience as time slips away With … Continue reading

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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Fisherman and His Wife – Brothers Grimm

The Brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were German academics, philologists, cultural researchers, lexicographers and authors who collected folklore in the 19th century.  These are the popularizers of such tales as Cinderella, The Frog Prince, Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty … Continue reading

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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Valiant Little Tailor – The Brothers Grimm

The Valiant Little Tailor is German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm as folk tale number 20.  Several other collectors of folk tales have collected variations of this tale including Joseph Jacobs, Andrew Lang and Ruth Manning. You may … Continue reading

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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Ugly Duckling – Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish poet and author who lived from 1805 to 1875.  One of the stories he wrote is the classic The Ugly Duckling (Den Grimme Aelling).  This is the tale of a seemingly homely little bird who … Continue reading

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