Search
1000 results for “tales_to”
-
Folklore read live!
Wretched Faustian bargains were a staple of German lore long before Goethe.Hear those foul tales tonight LIVE right NOW: https://youtube.com/live/FQvBVq-GKQA
#FairyTaleTuesday #WritingCommunity #storyteller #FairyTale #AmReading #reading #vancouver #indieWriter #fairy #folklore #folk #tales #stories #German #grimms #GrimmBrothers #dnd #dnd5e #pathfinder #pf2e #ttrpg #fantasy #lotr #faust #faustian
-
Folklore read live!
Wretched Faustian bargains were a staple of German lore long before Goethe.Hear those foul tales tonight LIVE right NOW: https://youtube.com/live/FQvBVq-GKQA
#FairyTaleTuesday #WritingCommunity #storyteller #FairyTale #AmReading #reading #vancouver #indieWriter #fairy #folklore #folk #tales #stories #German #grimms #GrimmBrothers #dnd #dnd5e #pathfinder #pf2e #ttrpg #fantasy #lotr #faust #faustian
-
Folklore read live!
Wretched Faustian bargains were a staple of German lore long before Goethe.Hear those foul tales tonight LIVE right NOW: https://youtube.com/live/FQvBVq-GKQA
#FairyTaleTuesday #WritingCommunity #storyteller #FairyTale #AmReading #reading #vancouver #indieWriter #fairy #folklore #folk #tales #stories #German #grimms #GrimmBrothers #dnd #dnd5e #pathfinder #pf2e #ttrpg #fantasy #lotr #faust #faustian
-
Folklore read live!
Wretched Faustian bargains were a staple of German lore long before Goethe.Hear those foul tales tonight LIVE right NOW: https://youtube.com/live/FQvBVq-GKQA
#FairyTaleTuesday #WritingCommunity #storyteller #FairyTale #AmReading #reading #vancouver #indieWriter #fairy #folklore #folk #tales #stories #German #grimms #GrimmBrothers #dnd #dnd5e #pathfinder #pf2e #ttrpg #fantasy #lotr #faust #faustian
-
#TheMetalDogArticleList
#louder
Carmine Appice: my stories of Ozzy Osbourne, Mötley Crüe, John Bonham and more
As a man who once went racing around Hollywood with Rod Stewart in a Lamborghini, drum legend Carmine Appice has some tales to tellhttps://www.loudersound.com/features/carmine-appice-interview
#CarmineAppice #Drummer #VanillaFudge #LiveAid #MusicLegacy #RockHallofFame #UnstoppableRhythms
-
Come for the #mermaids, #pirates, and #tentacles, stay for the #lesbian #stories! Try out this #anthology of #scifi and #fantasy tales today!
#LGBTQIA #urbanfantasy
#readersoftwitter
https://amazon.com/dp/B0B99D1LC2 -
Fantasy with Friends: Fairy Tale Retellings
Briana and Krysta at Pages Unbound are hosting a fantasy discussion meme this year called Fantasy with Friends. Since fantasy is my favorite genre, I thought it would be fun to take part. This week, their question is:
Do you like reading fairy tale retellings? What, in your opinion, makes a good retelling?
I have a somewhat complicated history with fairy tales. It’s my mom’s fault.
Most of the kids I grew up with knew all the classic fairy tales. They were probably the sanitized Disney versions since I grew up during the Disney Renaissance, but they also had parents who read fairy tales to them. Again, definitely the sanitized versions, because I don’t remember anyone mentioning anything about chopping up feet and iron shoes, much less pregnancy and blindness.
But my mom did not. She absolutely refused to read fairy tales to us even though we had two thick books full of them. Many of them aren’t even that bad! But she insisted they were too gruesome and didn’t want to expose her children to them. Well, I was probably around 10 when I discovered those fairy tale books and started reading them. They weren’t too bad, so I started asking why she never read them to us. I kind of felt a little left out being the only kid at school who didn’t even know who Little Red Riding Hood was. Thanks to Disney, I knew Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and the Little Mermaid. So, if Disney didn’t make a movie on it, I didn’t know it. Those books were my only source of fairy tales for a long time.
Then I had the brilliant idea to take German in high school. Senior year we finally started studying fairy tales. In German. We read Grimm’s fairy tales in German. I loved every minute. But, since then, I’ve had a bit of an interest in the original stories. In college I did a paper on feminism and fairy tales and discovered a really old Chinese version of Cinderella. So everything since then has, essentially, been a retelling in my head.
In theory, I enjoy a good retelling. I’ve read a few. But I wouldn’t say I love them. The imagination the authors put into them to reimagine them in different ways for more modern times is often astounding. And yet I don’t think I can point to any specific ones I absolutely love. Ella Enchanted has a special place because it was a favorite childhood book, but I also didn’t know much about Cinderella beyond Disney’s version. For me, I think, a successful retelling really captures the essence of the story, the message and warning the original imparts, and an overall feeling of magic. I don’t want the story beats; I want the same feeling I get when I read the earlier versions. It’s the same for any kind of retelling. I want the same heart, just different skin. It’s been hard for me to find, so I kind of avoid fairy tale retellings these days.
This blog is my home base, but you can also find me on:
#books #fairyTales #fantasyWithFriends #pagesUnbound #retellings
Pinterest | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook -
@OMGSoundboard hi guys.
First of all thank you for your work.
I wonder if there's a way to stop a sound already started, and if there's a way to create new categories.
I'm trying to use the app to play the right sound at the right moment when I read fairy tales to my little son. -
Flower Face - #Blodeuwedd
by Ardd Fotaneg, 2017
"There are many places that I love in the Garden one of which is ‘#FairyWoods’. Wandering through the woods you can see fairy doors in the tree trunks, their toadstool houses and even the remnants of a fairy tea party. I think I even saw a fairy once, hidden in the dell which reminded me of Blodeuwedd.
Blodeuwedd is one of the many tales to be found in the Mabinogion. The Mabinogion is a collection of ancient Welsh legends, myths and tales.
"Blodeuwedd was created by the relatives of Llew, the son of Arianrhod. Arianrhod had decreed that Llew could not marry a mortal woman; if he didn’t marry then he couldn’t own the land to which he was entitled. The Magicians, Math and Gwydion created a beautiful woman from nine flowers amongst which were #Oak, #Broom, #Primrose and #Meadowsweet. They called their creation ‘Blodeuwedd’ meaning ‘Flower face’. Blodeuwedd is also the ancient name for the Owl into which she was turned, after betraying her husband, Llew.
"Blodeuwedd is considered by some to be the Welsh Goddess of Spring bringing warmth and new life, in the form of flowers, after the cold and barrenness of winter.
"#Flowers are the symbol of Blodeuwedd; they demonstrate their beauty when they blossom and their resilience when they flower again in the #springtime. I feel the plants throughout the Botanic Garden of Wales display in its own way the beauty, the strength and the determination – sometimes with a little coaxing from Horti – of the plant world from which Blodeuwedd was created.
"The spirit of Blodeuwedd can be found in the in the Garden of Wales and although the ‘fairy’ that I saw in Fairy Woods has flown away for the winter she is now emerging wearing her Snowdrop costume heralding once again the return of Spring. Why not send her a letter or a picture that you have drawn and post it in the fairy post box in Fairy Woods?
"You see there really are fairies at the bottom of the Garden and if you are quick you might catch sight of her in the Great Glasshouse."
-
If you value a sword as your weapon of choice, and fancy pursuing a legend in the hopes of obtaining something unique and powerful, your first port of call would likely be Nonjasseum. Not only is it a city dedicated to gladiators and other warriors, it boasts a community of retirees of the arena who may or may not have tales to tell of their prior exploits. What better place to learn of a legend than FROM a legend?
-
#Beltane Fire Festival
"A living, breathing re-interpretation and modernisation of an ancient Iron Age #Celtic ritual, bringing people from all over the world to join and revel in the birth of Summer and the fertility of the land since 1988.
"This year’s festival will tell the traditional tales of The Procession of the #MayQueen and The Death and Re-Birth of The #GreenMan from a unique and exciting perspective."
#Mythology #Folktales #Festivals
