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Favorite Obscure Fairytale [message #1531]

Fri, 17 October 2008 22:42

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Laura
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I was thinking about Robin's fairytale retellings, which sort of have become almost a trademark, because I've never read any author do it better. One of my favorites is Deerskin, which we all know was based off of Perrault's Donkeyskin, but I had never heard of it prior to reading Robin's version. And then I started wondering how many other interesting fairytales are out there that I've never heard of because Disney hasn't gotten to them yet. (Hey, I love aspects of Disney for the childlike nostalgia, but...)
My family is of Danish extraction, so I'm pretty familiar with Hans Christian Andersen's work.
I recommend everyone take a look at Andersen's The Wild Swans.

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t68/earthly-paradise/61MY9G2MRZL_SS500_.jpg

This is the illustrated edition that my family owns, and here is a link to wikipedia, which has a pretty accurate description of the story. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wild_Swans
Or, for those who have time, a long translation that fits my memory of it fairly well, here: http://www.portitude.org/literature/andersen/ft-wild_swans.p hp

Why do I like it? Because she has to knit in order to save her brothers. The heroine is also fairly active here, as her brothers do their best to protect her in their swan forms, while she works her fingers off to make them shirts of nettles, having to venture into horrible haunted graveyards to find more nettles, and risking burning at the stake to save them rather then speak and save herself.
OK, your turn. Share your favorite "obscure" fairytales! (Please. Make my first new topic a success Wink

Wink

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Edited for spelling...

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	Favorite Obscure Fairytale By: Laura on Fri, 17 October 2008 22:42
	Re: Favorite Obscure Fairytale By: shadowkorin on Fri, 17 October 2008 23:11
	Re: Favorite Obscure Fairytale By: Mori-neko on Fri, 17 October 2008 23:41
	Re: Favorite Obscure Fairytale By: Laura on Sat, 18 October 2008 12:33
	Re: Favorite Obscure Fairytale By: Akai on Fri, 17 October 2008 23:13
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	Re: Favorite Obscure Fairytale By: Angelia on Sat, 18 October 2008 12:39
	Re: Favorite Obscure Fairytale By: ssshunt on Sat, 18 October 2008 14:51
	Re: Favorite Obscure Fairytale By: livvispatula on Sat, 18 October 2008 15:20
	Re: Favorite Obscure Fairytale By: ssshunt on Sat, 18 October 2008 16:00
	Re: Favorite Obscure Fairytale By: Honey_Bee on Sat, 18 October 2008 20:49
	Re: Favorite Obscure Fairytale By: dancingbordercollie on Mon, 19 January 2009 12:42
	Re: Favorite Obscure Fairytale By: Mori-neko on Fri, 17 October 2008 23:49
	Re: Favorite Obscure Fairytale By: Laura on Sat, 18 October 2008 15:08
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	Re: Favorite Obscure Fairytale By: Melissa Mead on Sat, 18 October 2008 22:17
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	Re: Favorite Obscure Fairytale By: Louiz on Wed, 29 October 2008 11:43
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