hi, um i'm a new writer and reciently became
inspired to write a fantasy/fairy tale that brings more than one tale together and tells it a little different. the first of the tw o would be Grimm's the
brothers(aka: the two brothers, the twin brothers etc) I'm trying to collect as many versions of this tale as possible, so i can pick and choose.
unfortuently i can only find one copy intitled the twin brothers in my Oma's leatherbound addition of household tales. commmon points of the story is a
golden bird of which the brothers eat the heart and liver, oblivious that eating them will leave a gold piece under their pillow. both of then recieve a knife
that will rust on one side if the other dies and the younger of the two rescues's his older brother from a witch . i can find synopisises for other
versions but not the complete tale, the viaring titles didn't help me ether.this would be much apreciated, the second tale would be any tale that hs to do
with a son of a mermaid or a young merman etc. i can't find one anywhere. Thanks! God Bless!
Help with two fairy-tales for my booK
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Posts: 1 (06/01/08 17:37:01) |
hi, um i'm a new writer and reciently became
inspired to write a fantasy/fairy tale that brings more than one tale together and tells it a little different. the first of the tw o would be Grimm's the
brothers(aka: the two brothers, the twin brothers etc) I'm trying to collect as many versions of this tale as possible, so i can pick and choose.
unfortuently i can only find one copy intitled the twin brothers in my Oma's leatherbound addition of household tales. commmon points of the story is a
golden bird of which the brothers eat the heart and liver, oblivious that eating them will leave a gold piece under their pillow. both of then recieve a knife
that will rust on one side if the other dies and the younger of the two rescues's his older brother from a witch . i can find synopisises for other
versions but not the complete tale, the viaring titles didn't help me ether.this would be much apreciated, the second tale would be any tale that hs to do
with a son of a mermaid or a young merman etc. i can't find one anywhere. Thanks! God Bless!
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Posts: 214 (06/02/08 08:14:19) |
This your Two brothers one? They included a
similar one, The Gold Children. The Knights of the Fish, The Enchanted Doe, and The Three Princes and Their Beasts also reflect many common elements. Shortshanks also revolves about a pair of brothers
Sons of a mermaid -- I'm afraid I don't recollect any fairy tales featuring anything but mermaids. Perhaps selkies would be close enough? But most selkie tales revolve about their relationship to their husbands. |
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Posts: 46 (06/02/08 09:36:21) |
You know what this reminds me of? The Changeling Sea, by Patricia Mckillip. Two brothers, merman of sorts-- check it out.
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Posts: 2 (06/02/08 11:27:46) |
that the two brothers i'm talking about!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you!
the changling sea isn't quite what iwas looking for but i may get it yet! another question are there any rules about merpeople? (can they do magic,cry,grow legs,talk launguages of man,how long they stay above water,ability's etc.) thanks this place is a gold mine! by the way whats a selkies? Thanks a bunch!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Posts: 215 (06/02/08 12:24:19) |
A selkie is a seal-human shape shifter. They come in male as well as female. The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry revolves about a father selkie. But female selkies appear in a
number of fairy tales rather like those with swan maidens. Three of them are The Silkie Wife, The Sealskin and The Mermaid Wife -- yes the title says Mermaid, but the text is clearly of a
selkie. You might find more of interest here
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Posts: 8 (06/08/08 20:15:56) |
There's a rather rare book called Hungarian Fairy Tales in which a man steals away and marries a water-fairy, daughter of the lake king. When their son
grows up and becomes a hero, he swims under the lake to steal the king's gold. He eventually destroys the corrupt kingdom there and returns above to find
his mother has aged and become a mortal. And for mer-sons, there's always Achilles and Triton, both sons of Nereids. Selkies have young sons in the tales,
but rarely adult ones.
Valerie Frankel
Check out the heroine's journey and all its resources at http://heroine.calithwain.com/ |
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Posts: 321 (06/09/08 00:12:39) |
Shulamith Oppenheim and I wrote a folkloric book about mermen stories called THE FISH PRINCE which you might like to check out.
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Posts: 7 (06/10/08 10:47:20) |
There's also a beautiful folk telling of The Sealskin in the film The Secret of
Roan Inish (1994). An actor with a thick Irish brogue narrates the tale while the camera depicts the story about the selkie in a very fairy-tale-like,
lilting mood.
Daniel Editor, Dante's Heart
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