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In the early 1800s, the Brothers Grimm collected & recorded German folk tales, launching what's now known as the modern fairy tale. Join Phil and Mike as they explore one story at a time with humor, history, and digressions at every turn.
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Show Post#WritersCoffeeClub Oct. 20: What's the shortest work you've ever finished? This one has he shortest character count. https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Jousting_Maid
Show PostIn the folk tale The Smith and the Devil, a blacksmith tricks the Devil into becoming trapped by magical objects, often a chair or tree. The tale exists in numerous European variants and belongs to a very old family of supernatural trickster stories. #FairyTaleTuesday
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Show PostPrior to 1840, the mother of Hansel and Gretel is the villain who forces her husband to leave the children in the woods, but the Brothers Grimm sanitized the tale, for how could a biological mother do such a thing? It is also implied she may be the witch. #FairytaleTuesday
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