by Fairy Tale Review | Jul 17, 2015 | Fairy-Tale Files
For Shoehorn’s SakeFrom Jedi syntax to Vulcan nerve pinches, the pointy eared have long been embraced by pop culture. Yet there stands a contrast for every Link, most interesting among them the Curupira of Brazilian folklore. Ears aside, one could easily mistake these...
by Fairy Tale Review | Jul 10, 2015 | Fairy-Tale Files
Hourglass Slipper Cinderella had until midnight before things turned pumpkiny. Ariel only had three days to make Eric fall in love with her. Sleeping Beauty dozed for a hundred years prior to royalty’s wakeup. Fairy-tale time functions as its own character, motivating...
by Fairy Tale Review | Jul 3, 2015 | Fairy-Tale Files
Little Red Riding HoodA girl, a grandmother and a conniving wolf. One of the earliest stories of deception we are introduced to as children, this tale appeared sporadically in tenth-century France and fourteenth-century Italy prior to Charles Perrault’s published...
by Fairy Tale Review | Jun 26, 2015 | Fairy-Tale Files
The Stars & (Metamorphic) StripesAnimal transformation plays a role in many fairy tales, though “The Tiger’s Bride” by Angela Carter turns the creature-to-human trope on its head. Similar to Beauty and the Beast, this is a story about a woman’s captivity at the...
by Fairy Tale Review | Jun 19, 2015 | Fairy-Tale Files
Eternal Revenue ServiceThe concept of an immortal child is synonymous with Peter Pan, who debuted in J.M. Barrie’s 1902 novel The Little White Bird. The last hundred-plus years have been lucrative for “the boy who wouldn’t grow up.” You can traverse the northeastern...
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