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The Importance of Being Scared: Polish Nobel Laureate Wisława Szymborska on Fairy Tales and the Necessity of Fear

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/04/12/wislawa-szymborska-fairy-tales-fear/

Who Defines Culture?

Since May 2025, Germany has a new government coalition led by the Christian Democrats. There are those among the Christian Democrats whom I respect, even if I might not agree with them. But Chancellor Friedrich Merz is not among them. He is a BlackRock creature through and through, extruded to serve American business interests before those of German citizens, and infused with the soul of Diederich Hessling, the protagonist of Heinrich Mann’s “Der Untertan”. I don’t think he is capable of seeing anyone who isn’t a multi-millionaire as a person deserving of dignity and respect – instead, they are resources to be exploited, or alternatively admonished if they do not work themselves to an early grave for the glory of the all-holy Gross Domestic Product.

With Merz in charge, my expectations for the members of his cabinet were exceedingly low, and indeed they are every bit the grotesque parodies that Merz himself is. My primary attention – and ire – has been focused on the Minister for the Economy and Energy Katherina Reiche, who has waged a one-woman war against renewable energy, favoring outdated fossil fuel business models that harm Germany just as much as they fill the treasuries of autocrats. The recent Iran War and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz shows the folly of such policies, but I doubt that the Merz cabinet is capable of learning this lesson (or, indeed, any lessons).

But another lackey of Merz has recently come to my unwelcome attention – Wolfram Weimer, the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. He banned three left-leaning bookstores from participating in an award for independent bookstores, and, after receiving pushback, he canceled the award ceremony altogether. This prompted me to take a closer look at this man, and I did not like what I found.

Beyond founding or working for a number of fascist-adjacent conservative magazines and newspapers – Cicero, Die Welt, and so forth – he also seems to hold a number of truly loathsome beliefs. He seems to view cultural identity as something static, inherent in “blood and soil”, rather than something that each generation creates anew. He identifies with the concept of the “Abendland” – “Occident” in English, although this concept is more commonly referred to as “Western Civilization”. And he blames “Decolonization” for the “decline of European supremacy”.

There is a lot to unpack here. 

First of all, we need to recognize that the concepts of “Abendland”, “Occident”, or “Western Civilization” are, at their core, a code for White Supremacy. They reduce the USA and Canada (and other English-language former colonies, for that matter) to nothing more than a cultural appendix of Europe – and thus erase the cultural contributions of the First Nations, Black Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans and others in favor of white people who want to remain on top of the social heap.

Americans should feel insulted to have their culture reduced to that of “Europe Lite”. Europeans should think twice before invoking such a racist concept.

And by arguing against Decolonization, Weimer makes clear what kind of system he favors – a rich white elite class who alone get to decide what “culture” is, and who gets to impose their vision on everyone else while exploiting them and turning them into serfs.

This is not only insulting to non-white people, but to everyone who isn’t rich. And here is where this intersects with my folklore research.

For all their faults, the Brothers Grimm understood something about culture that Weimer, Merz, and indeed the entire Epstein Class do not and never will: Culture starts at the bottom, not at the top. The Brothers Grimm were passionate about figuring out what made German culture unique, and their approach was to learn about the tales and customs of the peasant population. This was new and revolutionary in Germany – in previous centuries, scholars paid the poor little heed, or else held them in contempt. But to the Brothers Grimm, and the many other folklore researchers who followed in their footsteps, the thoughts of people who were poor mattered.

It wasn’t the peasants sitting around the communal hearth fires who plundered the world and erected monuments to their own vainglory. Instead, they invented stories, developed customs, celebrated festivals, and in general tried to inject a little happiness into their lives which otherwise were full of hard labor and more than a little misery. These people weren’t perfect – plenty of folk tales display more than a little moral myopia. But tried to get by despite all the obstacles in their paths, and the stories they left behind remind us that they existed, and that their lives mattered.

And this is an affront to the sensibilities of Weimer, Merz, and all those who have sold their souls to the oligarchs or even joined their ranks. For all their talk about preserving German or European culture, they hold any culture that they don’t control in utter contempt. They favor fascist aesthetics over anything created, shared and enjoyed by a large number of non-rich people.

As a German patriot, this stance offends me deeply. But we don’t have to buy the stories they are telling. We don’t have to submit to the Mighty Whities and permit them to define what “culture” is and is not. We can tell our own tales, whether old or new. We can create our own customs and traditions, with each generation adding their own threads – no matter where their ancestors came from.

Culture is what we make of it.

Footnote to a reference to “Kinder- und Hausmärchen by the Brothers Grimm”:

“The important collection of fairy tales which first appeared in 1812 and received its final form within the next decade.”

All very well, except that this reference and footnote was published in The Journal of American Folklore in 1946.

Was the American folkloristics community still so unfamiliar with the Grimms by 1946 that the footnote was deemed to be necessary? Given that the authors wrote it, and that the reviewers and editors kept it in, I have to assume so.

#Folklore #Academia #BrothersGrimm

The Importance of Being Scared: Polish Nobel Laureate Wisława Szymborska on Fairy Tales and the Necessity of Fear

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/01/27/wislawa-szymborska-fairy-tales-fear/

The Witch

In October 1958 on Shirley Temple's Storybook, Agnes Moorehead brilliantly portrayed the Witch in a producrion of Rapunzel with Carol Lynley & Don Dubbins as Prince Peter ... 6 years before playing another witch - Endora on Bewitched

#thewitch #witch #agnesmoorehead #rapunzel #shirtlytemplesstorybook #fairytale #brothersgrimm #letdownyourhair #carollynley #dondubbins #actress #greatperformances #halloween #halloweenseason #halloweenvibes

The Witch

In October 1958 on Shirley Temple's Storybook, Agnes Moorehead brilliantly portrayed the Witch in a producrion of Rapunzel with Carol Lynley & Don Dubbins as Prince Peter ... 6 years before playing another witch - Endora on Bewitched

#thewitch #witch #agnesmoorehead #rapunzel #shirtlytemplesstorybook #fairytale #brothersgrimm #letdownyourhair #carollynley #dondubbins #actress #greatperformances #halloween #halloweenseason #halloweenvibes

The Witch

In October 1958 on Shirley Temple's Storybook, Agnes Moorehead brilliantly portrayed the Witch in a producrion of Rapunzel with Carol Lynley & Don Dubbins as Prince Peter ... 6 years before playing another witch - Endora on Bewitched

#thewitch #witch #agnesmoorehead #rapunzel #shirtlytemplesstorybook #fairytale #brothersgrimm #letdownyourhair #carollynley #dondubbins #actress #greatperformances #halloween #halloweenseason #halloweenvibes

The Witch

In October 1958 on Shirley Temple's Storybook, Agnes Moorehead brilliantly portrayed the Witch in a producrion of Rapunzel with Carol Lynley & Don Dubbins as Prince Peter ... 6 years before playing another witch - Endora on Bewitched

#thewitch #witch #agnesmoorehead #rapunzel #shirtlytemplesstorybook #fairytale #brothersgrimm #letdownyourhair #carollynley #dondubbins #actress #greatperformances #halloween #halloweenseason #halloweenvibes

💫 The brothers’ fates are bound by magic. The gods are still watching.

In Daffodils and Dreams, Harri’s coronation promises change for his kingdom—until divine meddling sends his future spiralling into legend.

Fans of Sealed with a Curse, your next chapter awaits.

📖 Ancient Wales. Mythic love. A curse worth breaking.

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https://books2read.com/Daffodils-and-Dreams

My novel The Fairy Godmother's Tale has just started a Kindle countdown deal! For the next couple of days, you can get it just $0.99:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DF96MZYT

Get it while the deal lasts!

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Rapunzel

Retelling the Brothers Grimm Fairy Tale in 1983 on Shelley Duvall’s Faerie Tale Theatre starring Shelley Duvall as Rapunzel, Jeff Bridges as the Prince and, and Gena Rowlands as the Witch. Narrated by Roddy McDowall. Written by David Wyles. Directed by Gilbert Cates.

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Took a chance at entering the Folio Society Illustration Award this year for their #Rapunzel theme - unfortunately wasn’t selected but it was a fun piece to explore and I enjoyed the process. Go check out the amazing longlist of extremely talented illustrators on their page!
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👑🌹 Exciting News! Want to get your hands on an ARC of my upcoming fantasy romance novel? It's a Brothers Grimm fairytale retelling with a Welsh twist! Sign up for a chance to dive into a world of magic, adventure, and love. 👑🌹

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🎉✨ Today marks the release of BRIDGE OF BONES, the third book in the Brodyr Alarch series and a retelling of Rapunzel intertwined with Welsh mythology. 🏰 Immerse yourself in the magical realm where fate intertwines with courage. Join Macsen and Delyth on their epic journey through a world of enchantment and destiny. 📚💫

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https://books2read.com/BridgeOfBones

Out now, the latest single by Bygone Dave

THE PUPPET'S DREAM

A dark Grimm-esque tale of a marionette whose nightmare only ends when he goes to sleep.

Merry Christmas everyone!

https://open.spotify.com/album/0AdXHUagASdDlfOr7ysCp1?si=uRCDCYggREO_3BWlISiDog

#stringpuppets #marionette #brothersgrimm #fairytale #acoustic #bygones #folk #folkmusic #indie #indiemusic #merrychristmas #puppet #dream #slideguitar

A beautiful list of authors who worked as #librarians, even featuring the Brothers Grimm - our very own Göttingen librarians / scholars / authors @subugoe !📚

#listicle #BrothersGrimm

https://electricliterature.com/15-authors-who-started-as-librarians/

The publication date for my next novel has been set, and the e-book version is now available for pre-order (print edition to follow).

So, coming on March 7, 2025...The Fairy Godmother's Tale

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DF96MZYT

#books #fantasy #fairytales #historicalfantasy #brothersgrimm #preorder

And here is the front cover for my upcoming book, The Fairy Godmother's Tale.

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Hansel and Gretel AKA Henjel gwa Geuretel (2007): South Korean Grimm Tale https://mikesfilmtalk.com/2013/02/18/hansel-and-gretel-aka-henjel-gwa-geuretel-2007-south-korean-grimm-tale/ #ATaleOfTwoSisters, #AsianCinema, #BrothersGrimm, #DannyElfman, #Eerie, #Entertainment, #Fairytale, #Fantasy, #FilmReview, #Gretel, #Hansel, #HanselGretel, #HenjelGwaGeuretel, #Horror, #SouthKorea, #WorldCinema

Every time I read Grimm’s fairy tales I get inspired to try a style of Otto Ubbelohde’s amazing illustrations. And one day I will.

#FairytaleFriday #BrothersGrimm #braciaGrimm #BaśniowyPiątek #fairytale #baśń

Lost books of the Brothers Grimm discovered in Poland

Researchers at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań have discovered a treasure trove of literary history, discovering 27 original volumes from the private library of the Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2024/04/lost-books-of-the-brothers-grimm-discovered-in-poland/

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🐟 Artist: #SCHRILL / #SebastianVolgmann in City: #Rostock Margaretenstraße Germany 🇩🇪 - Title: "Von dem Fischer und syner Fru" ("About the fisherman and his wife") - (📷 by [email protected] Merci 💕) - #Art #Streetart #Mural #Artist #Wishes #BrothersGrimm #UrbanArt #Fairytales #Literature Text Website: https://ogy.de/g76r

Mythology ARCs You'll Love (March 2024 Batch) available from BookSirens, including Slippers and Songs (Brodyr Alarch #1)

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https://booksirens.com/bundle/mythology-arcs-you-ll-love-march-2024-batch/KYN56OG

In anticipation of the upcoming launch of Slippers and Songs, Sealed with a Curse is presently available at no cost on Smashwords, utilizing coupon code CR22E.

My Brodyr Alarch first came to life in Sealed with a Curse, which shows them in a not-so-good light. It is during Selene and Con’s story that you see a glimmer of who they might be...

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https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1307718

3.7k today. Not a bad way to end November! I hope you have a fantastic evening. 💙

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#WordCountoftheDay

"Young women were the true originators of the Grimms tales"

Really interesting article on how the young Grimm brothers collected their stories.

#FairyTales #Folklore #FolkloreFriday #FolkTales #BrothersGrimm #Grimm

https://psyche.co/ideas/young-women-were-the-true-originators-of-the-grimms-tales

Funny or sad? In 1990, two #california School Districts banned this "Little Red Riding Hood" book because it shows a bottle of #wine in the basket several times; once it even shows the grandmother drinking wine and claiming "wine revitalizes." In addition, the text claims that wine has revitalizing properties. #fairytale #brothersgrimm #regulation #schoolbooks #littleredridinghood #rotkäppchen #education