Grimm Fairy Tale Halloween Decor
Halloween Boutique 2016 | ‘Grimm Tales’ The forest is dark and enchanted…branches creak and leaves rustle as trees close in, obscuring the path home. Wander deep into the shadows and you’ll find frightful folklores, fantastical stories and chilling tales. These bedtime stories will give you nightmares, and you’ll discover that not all fairy tales end …
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Grimm Fairy Tale Halloween Decor
February 26 is National Tell A Fairy Tale Day! Yep - that's today in the US. Officially: This day celebrates Fairy Tales! On this day we are encouraged to have fun reading fairy tales and discussing fairy tale stories! This is the first time I've heard of it too (if you look at the link you'll see it's a little hard to verify an official source except that a lot of people are celebrating it) but hey, sounds great to me! There's a nice little article posted today by Hannah Boyd titled "Why Fairy Tales Matter" HERE. So: if you could pass on ONE fairy tale ONLY to the next generation, which one would that be and why? I know - impossible question. I have trouble answering that one too. Let's try this one instead: What one (or two) little-known fairy tale do enjoy? I'll start: "The Cat on the Dovrefell" also known as "The Trolls and the Pussycat" Norwegian fairy tale collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe. Trolls, a polar bear and a lot of humor. Love it! (Text HERE.) "The Lame Fox" or "Laughing Eye and Weeping Eye" Serbian fairy tale collected by A. H. Wratislaw (also in Andrew Lang's Grey Fairy Book) A very patient (non-trickster) fox helps a boy win a golden horse, a golden tree and a golden girl. (Text HERE.) And one more (because once you get me going it's hard to stop...): "The Day Boy and the Night Girl" by George MacDonald (one of my favorite fairy tale writers) Opposites attract and help each other overcome their fears and the "witch with the wolf inside". (Text HERE.) I also enjoy Jorinde & Joringel (Grimm's), The Tinder Box (H. C. Andersen - this is more popular than the others I've mentioned) and The Marsh King's Daughter (also by H.C. Andersen), which you probably know already if you've been reading this blog for a while. :) Your turn. Note: All images are of more familiar tales by the amazing Kinuko Y. Craft. SOURCE.
The best artwork from the Grimms’ iconic fairy tales by illustrators working between 1820 and 1950.
There were wildflowers, a labyrinth, and a lot of ball gowns.
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Grimm Fairy Tale Halloween Decor
'ONE must never wanderabout alone on Hallowe’en, for then the Fairies are abroad looking for mortals to trick and lead astray...' An Irish Halloween Tale
From their book "Tales from the Ballet" (Golden Press 1968) by Caldecott Medal winners illustrators Alice and Martin Provensen*. As the title suggests, many of these tales are fairy tales. Either ballets were created from old tales like Sleeping Beauty and Ivanand the Firebird or new fairy tales like Giselle were written, often based on a little piece of something else (Giselle was based on a poem). The Nutcracker, of course, is originally by E. T. A. Hoffman, truncated and adapted from his very long short story 'Nutcracker and the Mouse King' . The Sleeping Princess Coppelia (2 images) The Golden Cockerel Giselle The Nutcracker The Firebird You can find more on the Provensen husband-and-wife author and illustration team* HERE and see the lovely Alice Provensen gallery HERE. NOTES: *The Provensen's are not credited with writing 'Tales from the Ballet' as well as illustrating it. The writer is listed as Louis Untermeyer. *The Provensen's didn't win the Caldecott for this book but for "A Glorious Flight", a biographical picture book about an aviator. *Some of these images were found on Flickr. The others were found on various foreign rare book seller sites.
I always knew fairy tales are much darker than Disney would have you believe, but man, illustrator Rachael Wise takes it to a new level with her series of F***ed Up Tales. I've pulled a few of my favorites to show you, and if you like the shock to your inner child you can see the rest at her Tumblr. Warning: The last pic features nudity (non-sexualized; it's just the Little Mermaid without her Disney-created seashell bra) and some gore. Stop at Snow White if you'd rather not see it. (Thanks, anonymous tipster!)
… Wilcken created fairy queens and sprites of traditional fairy beauty. Her tales are filled with romance and the tensions and consequences created by human men and their love of female fairy…
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