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tlchang37	Witch's Garden	Lead	[-]
Posts: 156 (05/28/08 12:13:05) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None I'm working on an illustration concept based on the idea of the archetypal, fairytale witch's garden. It seems like there should be a number of tales that refer to such a thing directly, but after Rapunzel and maybe tangentially, Hansel and Gretel, I'm coming up blank. Maybe it's more of an inference rather than talked about outright? (Snow White's queen had to get that apple from somewhere, for instance). Can anyone think of other witch's garden that are preferably referred to directly? (and if not, what's the most likely inferences?) Thanks a bunch!
AliceCEB		#1	[-]
Posts: 301 (05/28/08 13:48:46) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Although Baba Yaga's house can move about, she has a gate around her garden, topped with skulls, if I recall correctly. I'm having trouble recalling other witches tales but there are non-human creatures with gardens such as in Beauty and the Beast where the Beast has a garden with roses, although he's bewitched and not a witch himself. And in Puss and Boots, the ogre has a huge estate around his castle.
MaryCatelli		#2	[-]
Posts: 209 (05/28/08 17:24:31) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	The Fair Angiola and Prunella have gardens. I suspect some other Rapunzel variants do, too; check here for some possibilities. Esben and the Witch may have an implied garden. In The Three Citrons, the question is whether the old woman is a witch, not whether she has a garden. In The Enchanted Canary, which is another variant, there is definitely a witch with a garden.
tlchang37		#3	[-]
Posts: 157 (05/28/08 21:22:27) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I think Baba Yaga's garden would be amazing to paint. :-) I can just imagine what she grows in it (lungwort, toadflax, dead man's fingers....) One of the Rapunzel varients (thanks Mary) is called The Garden Witch. Is anyone familiar with the story line for that one? The text is not online due to copyright restrictions.
MaryCatelli		#4	[-]
Posts: 210 (05/29/08 19:23:48) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Well, I've got Calvino's book. While the ending's a little different, almost Hansel-and-Gretel-ish, the garden is pretty typical. Has cabbages.
otto1980		#5	[-]
Posts: 13 (05/30/08 07:43:28) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Not a great angle on this book cover, but here's Baba Yaga sort of in her garden: http://i10.ebayimg.com/05/i/000/ef/ca/e0f0_1.JPG
aka Greensleeves		#6	[-]
Posts: 166 (05/30/08 11:36:25) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I've always pictured Hecate as having a garden, but I truly don't know if that's based on anything beyond my own random imaginings. ~ecb
Dantes Heart		#7	[-]
Posts: 2 (06/03/08 15:41:14) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	What a beautiful concept for an art piece. I think it is often more of an inference, dating back to the days when a witch and an herbalist were the same thing. What about: * Galadriel in "The Lord of the Rings," who tends a very ancient garden-forest, and gives Sam the gift of gardener's earth * The evil garden of thorns that the witch in Briar Rose causes to grow up around Sleeping Beauty's castle * The witches in the film "Practical Magic" tend a garden. (If I remember right, a body gets buried in it while they are away, though!) Daniel Editor, Dante's Heart www.dantesheart.com
tlchang37		#8	[-]
Posts: 158 (06/04/08 14:31:51) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Thanks for all the input. If the piece turns out well enough to post, I'll add a link when it's done. Cheers! Tara
MaryCatelli		#9	[-]
Posts: 217 (06/04/08 20:01:22) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Glad we could help!
tlchang37	Link to finished piece	#10	[-]
Posts: 159 (07/03/08 17:35:43) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	My "Witch's Garden" piece morphed a bit from my original idea (it needed to work in a book cover format) but I was pretty happy with where it ended up overall. I have blogged about it here if anyone would like to see. Thanks again for the input. Tara
MaryCatelli		#11	[-]
Posts: 231 (07/03/08 18:44:59) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Cool piece.

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