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True And Untrue
True and Untrue is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe. It is Aarne-Thompson type 613, The Two Travelers: Truth and Falsehood. Synopsis Two brothers were known as True and Untrue for their natures. They set out to seek their fortunes. Untrue persuaded True to let them both eat True's food first, and when that was eaten, refused True any of his. True said that it showed Untrue's nature, and Untrue gouged his brother's eyes out. True fumbled along through the woods until he came to a lime tree. He decided to spend the night in it for fear of wild animals. A bear, wolf, fox, and hare met under it, because it was St. John's Eve. The bear said that the dew on the lime tree would cure the sight of the king, who was going blind; the wolf said that the king's daughter was deaf and dumb because when she went to communion, she let a crumb fall, but if they caught the toad that had swallowed it, she would be cured; the fox told how the king could find a spring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairy Tale
A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story, magic tale, or wonder tale) is a short story that belongs to the folklore genre. Such stories typically feature magic (paranormal), magic, incantation, enchantments, and mythical or fanciful beings. In most cultures, there is no clear line separating myth from folk or fairy tale; all these together form the literature of preliterate societies. Fairy tales may be distinguished from other folk narratives such as legends (which generally involve belief in the veracity of the events described) and explicit moral tales, including beast fables. In less technical contexts, the term is also used to describe something blessed with unusual happiness, as in "fairy-tale ending" (a happy ending) or "fairy-tale romance (love), romance". Colloquially, the term "fairy tale" or "fairy story" can also mean any far-fetched story or tall tale; it is used especially of any story that not only is not true, but could not possibly be true ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asbjørnsen And Moe
''Norwegian Folktales'' ( no, Norske folkeeventyr) is a collection of Norwegian folktales and legends by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It is also known as ''Asbjørnsen and Moe'', after the collectors. Asbjørnsen and Moe Asbjørnsen, a teacher, and Moe, a minister, had been friends for about 15 years when in 1841 they published the first volume of folktales – the collection of which had been an interest of both for some years. The work's popularity is partly attributable to Norway's newly won partial independence, and the wave of nationalism that swept the country in the 19th century; and the Norwegian written language they contributed to developing (i.e., what would become ''Bokmål''). The language of their publication of the fairy tales struck a balance in that, while it did not preserve their original dialect form in its entirety, it did import certain non-Danish features from it (dialect words and certain syntactic constructions).At the same time the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eucharist
The Eucharist (; from Greek , , ), also known as Holy Communion and the Lord's Supper, is a Christian rite that is considered a sacrament in most churches, and as an ordinance in others. According to the New Testament, the rite was instituted by Jesus Christ during the Last Supper; giving his disciples bread and wine during a Passover meal, he commanded them to "do this in memory of me" while referring to the bread as "my body" and the cup of wine as "the blood of my covenant, which is poured out for many". The elements of the Eucharist, sacramental bread ( leavened or unleavened) and wine (or non-alcoholic grape juice), are consecrated on an altar or a communion table and consumed thereafter, usually on Sundays. Communicants, those who consume the elements, may speak of "receiving the Eucharist" as well as "celebrating the Eucharist". Christians generally recognize a special presence of Christ in this rite, though they differ about exactly how, where, and when Chr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Grateful Beasts
The Grateful Beasts (German: ''Die dankbaren Thiere'') is a Hungarian fairy tale collected by Georg von Gaal ( hu) in ''Mährchen der Magyaren'' (1822). The tale was also published by Hermann Kletke in ''Märchensaal'', Vol II (1845). Synopsis Three sons set out to seek their fortune. The youngest, Ferko, was so beautiful that his older brothers thought he would be preferred, so they ate his bread while he slept, and refused to share theirs until he let them put out his eyes and break his legs. When they had blinded and crippled him, they left him. Ferko crawled on and, in the heat of the day, rested under what he thought was a tree, but was a gallows. Two crows talked together, and one told the other that the lake below them would heal any injury, and the dew on the hillside would restore eyesight. As soon as evening came, he washed his face in the dew, and crawled down to the lake and was whole again. He took a flask of the water and went on. On the way, he met and heal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mother Hulda
"Frau Holle" ( ; also known as "Mother Holle", "Mother Hulda" or "Old Mother Frost") is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in ''Children's and Household Tales'' in 1812 (KHM 24). It is of Aarne-Thompson type 480. Frau Holle (also known in various regions as Holla, Holda, Perchta, Berchta, Berta, or Bertha) was initially a pre-Christian female legendary figure who survived in popular belief well into the 19th century. The name may be cognate of the Scandinavian creature known as the ''Hulder''. Jacob Grimm made an attempt to establish her as a Germanic goddess. The legendary creature Etymology The name is thought to originate from German ''huld'' ("gracious, friendly, sympathetic, grateful" found in ''hold sein'', ''huldigen''), Middle High German ''hulde'', Old High German ''huldī'' ("friendliness"). Cognate with Danish and Swedish ''huld'' ("fair, kindly, gracious") or 'hyld' ("secret, hidden"), Icelandic ''hollur'' ("faithful, dedicated, loyal"), Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diamonds And Toads
Diamonds and Toads or Toads and Diamonds is a French fairy tale by Charles Perrault, and titled by him "Les Fées" or "The Fairies". Andrew Lang included it in ''The Blue Fairy Book''. It was illustrated by Laura Valentine in ''Aunt Louisa's nursery favourite''. In his source, as in ''Mother Hulda'', the kind girl was the stepdaughter, not the other daughter. The change was apparently to decrease the similarity to ''Cinderella''. It is Aarne-Thompson tale 480, the kind and the unkind girls. Others of this type include ''Shita-kiri Suzume'', '' Frau Holle or Mrs.Holle'', ''The Three Heads in the Well'', '' Father Frost'', ''The Three Little Men in the Wood'', ''The Enchanted Wreath'', ''The Old Witch'', and ''The Two Caskets''. Literary variants include ''The Three Fairies'' and ''Aurore and Aimée''. Summary A bad-tempered old widow had two daughters; her older daughter, Fanny was disagreeable and proud, but looked and behaved like her mother, and therefore was her favorite chil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Three Heads In The Well
The Three Heads in the Well is a fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in ''English Fairy Tales''. It is Aarne–Thompson tale 480, the kind and the unkind girls. Others of this type include ''Shita-kiri Suzume'', ''Diamonds and Toads'', ''Mother Hulda'', '' Father Frost'', ''The Three Little Men in the Wood'', ''The Enchanted Wreath'', ''The Old Witch'', and ''The Two Caskets''. Literary variants include ''The Three Fairies'' and ''Aurore and Aimée''. Synopsis In the days before King Arthur, a king held his court in Colchester. He had a beautiful daughter by his beautiful wife. When his wife died, he married a hideous widow with a daughter of her own, for her riches, and his new wife set him against his daughter. His daughter begged leave to go and seek her fortune, and he permitted it, and his wife gave her brown bread, hard cheese, and a bottle of beer. She goes on her way and sees an old man sitting on a stone. When he asks what she has, she tells him and offers him som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Father Frost (fairy Tale)
Father Frost (russian: Морозко, Morozko) is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in ''Narodnye russkie skazki'' (1855-63). Andrew Lang included it, as "The Story of King Frost", in ''The Yellow Fairy Book'' (1894). It is Aarne–Thompson type 480, The Kind and the Unkind Girls. Others of this type include ''Shita-kiri Suzume'', ''Diamonds and Toads'', ''Mother Hulda'', ''The Three Heads in the Well'', ''The Three Little Men in the Wood'', ''The Enchanted Wreath'', ''The Old Witch'', and ''The Two Caskets''. Literary variants include ''The Three Fairies'' and ''Aurore and Aimée''.Jack Zipes, ''The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm'', p 543, The film ''Morozko'' was based on the fairy tale. Synopsis A woman A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a female child or adolescent). The plural ''women'' is sometimes used in certain phrases such as "wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Three Little Men In The Wood
"The Three Little Men in the Wood" or "The Three Little Gnomes in the Forest" (german: Die drei Männlein im Walde) is a German fairy tale collected in 1812 by the Brothers Grimm in ''Grimm's Fairy Tales'' (KHM 13). Andrew Lang included it in ''The Red Fairy Book'' (1890) as "The Three Dwarfs," and a version of the tale appears in ''A Book of Dwarfs'' (1964) by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is Aarne-Thompson type 403B ("The Black and the White Bride"), with an episode of type 480 ("The Kind and the Unkind Girls"). Origin The tale was published by the Brothers Grimm in the first edition of ''Kinder- und Hausmärchen'' in 1812. Their source was Wilhelm Grimm's friend and future wife Dortchen Wild (1795–1867). The second edition was expanded with material provided by the story teller Dorothea Viehmann (1755–1815) and by Amalie Hassenpflug (1800–1871). Synopsis A woman offers her hand in marriage to a widower: in return, her daughter would wash and drink water, and the man's daugh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Prince And The Princess In The Forest
"The Prince and the Princess in the Forest" is a Danish fairy tale collected by Evald Tang Kristensen (1843–1929) in '' Æventyr fra Jylland'' (Danish, "Tales from Jutland") in 1881.Published as Jyske Folkeminder. Andrew Lang included it in his '' The Olive Fairy Book'' (1907). Synopsis After the king of Denmark dies, the queen is so inconsolable that her only child, the prince, suggests that they should go to a place on the other side of a forest. They become lost in the woods, but come upon two houses, the first containing a mail shirt and a sword, with a note that said they would keep a man safe from all danger, which the prince, unbeknownst to his mother, takes. The second house contains food and a bed (granting them both food and a place to sleep), but unfortunately it is a robber's den, and the next morning, when the prince is off hunting for the path, the queen is surprised by the robber chief, who tells her that if she wants to live, she must make him king in her husban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Three Treasures Of The Giants
The Three Treasures of the Giants is a Slavonic fairy tale collected by Louis Léger in '' Contes Populaires Slaves''. Andrew Lang included it in ''The Orange Fairy Book''. Ruth Manning-Sanders included it as "King Johnny" in '' A Book of Giants''. Synopsis A man had three sons. When he was dying, he told his oldest that he would inherit, but must be kind to his mother and his younger brothers; he then gave the older two more advice, and told the youngest son that while he was not clever, he had a kind heart and should follow it. After he died, the sons set out to seek their fortune; the older two wanted to leave the youngest behind, but their mother said there was nothing for him there. The older two carried great sacks of food, the youngest nothing, and the older two grew angry that they had to carry the weight. The youngest rebuked them for claiming not to want to burden their mother, when they took all her food. They shared with him. At night, they ate on their own, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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