Fairy Tales and Folklore Discussions

Dissertation help on The Princess and The Frog

feeds@yuku.com (daisychain1) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:00:18 GMT

Hello

I am a University student and this year I have to write a dissertation. I am doing mine on the representations of femininity and race with Disney films looking mainly at the Princesses. I have been doing alot of research on the internet about the new Disney Film The Princess and the Frog and I would find any opinions on...

Why do adults still love Fairytales?

feeds@yuku.com (shorose) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:23:05 GMT

Hey there,
I'm conducting a research project for my degree and I'm trying to find out why adults continue to love fairytales? Any opinions, suggested reading or research items would be greatly appreciated. The idea is to launch a set of children's stories reworked for an adult audience but my tutor has asked me to find out why something like this would be desirable to my target market? I'm thinking along the same lines as why do people love Tim Burton so much etc... what...

Fairytale Collection Book in Spanish?

feeds@yuku.com (Shifterred) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:40:51 GMT

As a fairytale fanatic who plans to major in Spanish soon...I am searching rather desperately for a large tome, a collection of fairytales preferably written in Spanish or with Spanish/English text.

I am having trouble finding an actual collection of stories and not just small per-story books.
I would also prefer that this book be aesthetically pleasing as far as any illustrations are concerned. (I am tired of overly cartoon-y pictures, and long for the olden days of...

darker adult themes in fairytales

feeds@yuku.com (moppymoore) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:54:25 GMT

hi i am a fine art student and i am looking at the darker underlying themes that are found so often in fairytales i just wondered if anyone have any suggestions of artists or film makers that i could look at or even just any comments on the theme itself would be helpful

thanks xx

Why "as Black as Ebony"?

feeds@yuku.com (eveningstar) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:58:59 GMT

this is my question: why in times when golden hair was considered the main element of beauty did Snow White's mother wish her hair to be as black as ebony?? and also why was Snow White of all the fairytale characters the only one emphasized with black hair so that it almost became an icon for her?? and what does having black hair mean in Folklore??
please if anyone knows the answers to these questions post your reply soon...

Help! Publisher for an illustrated book

feeds@yuku.com (neverossa) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:33:45 GMT

Hi,

I hope someone can help me. I and an Italian artist have worked on an illustrated book on the wind. The illustrations are very beautiful, but, so it seems, quite complex for Italian publishers. The artist has used photography, digital art and her own imagination, of course. This is her myspace, just to give an idea: http://www.myspace.com/laltaluna

I made an English translation of the story to try with an...

Identifying a Tale About a Trickster Helper

feeds@yuku.com (TwilightOwl) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:50:28 GMT

Sometime between grades 2-5 (1999-2003), I remember a fairy tale that either I read or was read to me by my school librarian. It might've been a children's story book, or an original story, or it might've been recited from memory.

An old woman set a cake to bake. Seeing that she had some time to kill before it's done, she sailed across the seven seas and journeyed beyond mountains. When she reached a faraway kingdom, she paused because she heard a woman crying from a...

Donkeyskin Illustrations

feeds@yuku.com (valentinacherry) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:45:17 GMT

I am looking for a book that has a paticular illustration of Donkeyskin in it. The picture is of the princess in a red dress, her bright as the sun dress and she is combing her hair. Does anyone have an idea of what illustration I am talking about and what it comes from? I actually have a drawing of this illustration but I don't know what book it came from. I would apperciate any tips or leads to finding this book. I can also send you the scan of the picture if it helps.
Thanks
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Mothers who lose daughter, ie Demeter and Persephone?

feeds@yuku.com (Branwyn) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:10:57 GMT

Could anyone suggest other stories that involve a grieving mother who loses her daughter and searches for her, either to be reunited with her lost child, or to be disappointed? I'm especially looking for anything thematically similar to the Persephones story--the abduction to the underworld isn't import, just the element of a mother losing a daughter.

Story Theater

feeds@yuku.com (Writerpatrick) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:04:37 GMT

It's taken me decades to find any information for this show but I finally found it.

There was an old program called "Story Theatre" I remember watching as a kid. I had trouble remembering the name and there's not a lot of information about it. The show had a troupe of actors performing various fairy tales. The most memorable part was the opening theme. The IMDB listing is here:

classification

feeds@yuku.com (RP) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 09:08:53 GMT

Hello.

I was wondering if there are any significant classification systems except Aarne/Thompson and Propp.

Thank you.

"Brother & Sister" film

feeds@yuku.com (Conteurlisa) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:55:31 GMT

I've just completed work on a short film, "Brother & Sister", adapted from both the traditional fairy tale and contemporary poem by Terri Windling. You can watch the trailer from here: http://www.InByTheEye.com/BrotherandSister

We're hosting a screening in NYC next week (Sept 30th), which will coincide with an online screening - if...

Help this fairytale lover win a competition

feeds@yuku.com (adis78) — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:01:28 GMT

Hello all,
My name is Adrian Ramos. I write and draw stories, and I write and draw stories with the joy, whimsy and tragic appeal of fairytales. I create such stories in my comics, Count Your Sheep (www.countyoursheep.com) No Room For Magic (www.noroomformagic.com) and The Wisdom of Moo (www.wisdomofmoo.com) all of them lagely inspired thematically and visually, by fairy tales. These days, however, I have decided to take it one step further, and create an actual fairytale, in a comic...

A Discussion of Snow White in All Her Forms ~ A Very Long Thread

feeds@yuku.com (PrincessKelly) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:30:49 GMT

Check out the Snow White Thread Here and Contribute ~

http://disneyshauntedmansion.yuku.com/topic/7606

Hello All!

I worked at Walt Disney World as a character performer and am a HUGE Disney fan; I...

Princess and the Crow?

feeds@yuku.com (acis) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:10:22 GMT

Hello. Am new to the site and am hoping someone can help me find a folktale about a princess (or equivalent) and a crow. Apparently it is a vietnamese version of Beauty and the Beast but have no further details to give at the moment. I realise it's a VERY vague remit, but does it ring a bell with anyone?

thankyou!

Ninth Captain's Tale in Arabian Nights

feeds@yuku.com (Levi505s) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:13:52 GMT

I am looking for criticism, commentary, etc. on the "Ninth Captain's Tale" in the Arabian Nights. I can readily find the tale on the Internet, but there is little commentary. I have begun ordering editions of the Arabian Nights to see what editors may have to say about the tale. I will be looking this week at the Oxford Companion to Fairytales and other reference texts. But if anyone knows of other sources, I would be grateful for the...

Help with song/fairy tale/poem

feeds@yuku.com (Flutterby21782) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:19:14 GMT

I've been searching like crazy I was hoping someone could help me. There is a song/fairy tale/poem - pretty sure it's German (definately European). A father is holding his dying child (son) in his arms. The father is riding the horse as hard and as fast as he can to get the boy to the doctors. While they are ridng the boy is talking about being scared how he doesn't want the women (I think) to take him away, that they are trying to. Right before getting to the doctor the boy dies....

find tale re artist stealing princess colours

feeds@yuku.com (lucythegoat) — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:27:32 GMT

As a child in the 60's I had a collection of fairy tales: I remember two, the first concerned an artist punishing a king by taking his daughters blue eyes for the sky, and so on the second involved someone - the cook?- being minced up, identified in the end by a ring. I'd be grateful for any help in tracing this book.

Call for Papers Myth and Fairy Tale

feeds@yuku.com (mmorphew) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:27:42 GMT

Myth and Fairy Tale Call for Papers