Reading Notes, Grimm Brothers, Hunt, Part A

The stories in this section were particularly long. So I choose to read one that I heard as a child and compare the differences between the two. This happened to be Hansel and Grethel. Hansel and Grethel had a stepmother who, when times got tough and there was a lack of food, told their father that he needed to take them into the forest and leave them there. Though it was hard, their father consented, but Hansel heard the conversation and took white stones into the forest to find his way back. The came back and stayed for a while until times got tough, and their father took them into the woods and left them again. This time they could not find their way out so instead they followed a snow white bird. The bird led them to a house built with bread and covered with cake. The children began to eat the house and were interrupted by the owner, an old woman. The woman locked them up with plans to fatten them, and then eat them. Grethel tricked the woman and pushed her into the oven before harm could be done. On the way out they took the woman's pearls and jewels. They eventually found their way home, into their fathers arms who regretted what he had done. Their stepmother was death, and the little family lived happily ever after with the many jewels.

(Hansel and Grethel, Pinterest)

Bibliography: Household Tales by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm Link

Reading Notes, Brothers Grimm, Ashliman, Part B

The second part of this collection contained stories that were all unfamiliar to me. My favorite story in this part was called the Little Lamb and the Little Fish. There were a brother and sister who loved each other very much and their mother had died. They were being raised by a stepmother. The children were playing a game outside and their stepmother grew so angry at their happiness, that she cursed them. She turned the girl into a little lamb and turned the boy into a little fish. After a long time in that form there were visitors to the castle. The stepmother tried to get rid of the lamb by killing it, but the brother fish saw and begged the cook against it. The cook agreed and gave both the lamb and fish to a wise woman in the village. The wise woman, who was previously a wet nurse for the children,  recognized them and turned them back into their original forms and they lived happily ever after.

(The Lamb and the Fish, Otto Ubbelohde)

Bibliography: The Grimm Brothers' Childrens' and Household Tales translated by Dan Ashliman Link

Reading Notes, Brothers Grimm, Ashliman, Part A

(The Elves, Tumblr)

Fairy tales written by the Grimm Brothers are some of my favorite! So I decided to start with some of the most well known ones. Ashliman translated some that are very well known and some that are not so much. My favorite known one in this section is Little Red Cap. It is the story upon with the classic fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood is based. However almost everyone knows that story. My favorite unknown one is called the Elves. In that story there is a poor shoemaker who only had enough money left for one last pair of shoes. He cut the leather and two little elves came in the middle of the night and sewed them into the finest pair of shoes that sold for double the price. This continued every night until the shoemaker stayed up to see who was sewing the shoes. When he saw it was little elves, he and his wife made some clothes, complete with shoes for them and set the outfits out. The next night when the elves came they saw the clothes, jumped for joy, put them on and ran off. But the shoemaker still lived happily ever after.


Bibliography: Grimm Brothers Children and Household Tales translated by Dan Ashliman Link

Week 12 Review

(Sunday's Announcement, Link)

I was really busy this week so I missed a lot of normal assignments and didn't get to read a lot of announcements. Today was catch-up day so I did a bunch of extra credit, caught up on the assignments not due until tonight, and read the announcements. My favorite picture was actually from today's announcement. It's pictured below. I love this because it shows people that you can be the most insignificant person in the world and, yet, you do still matter!

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#Big12FB: This week's @AP_Top25...

8. @OU_Football
10. @WVUfootball
13. @CowboyFB

— Big 12 Conference (@Big12Conference) November 13, 2016

BOOMER SOONER! Moving up in rankings!

Reading Notes, More English Fairy Tales, Part B

For some extra reading notes, I decided to finish reading More English Fairy Tales. My favorite story in this collection was Rushen Coatie. This story was very similar to that of Cinderella. In this story, Rushen Coatie's father married, and his new wife had 3 children. They took all of Rushen Coatie's coats and gave her one mad of rushes. The made her sit in the kitchen nook. Before her mother's death, she told Rushen Coatie that a red calf will come and grant any wish. Her step-mother hoping that Rushen Coatie would die, only fed her a thimble of broth, a grain of barley, a thread of meat and a crumb of bread. So Rushen Coatie wished for food. Eventually the step-mother found out and had the calf killed. But Rushen Coatie could still make wishes on his bones. One day, the family went to church and Rushen Coatie had to stay and make dinner. So she wished for clothes and that dinner would be made and she went to church. There she met a prince who fell in love with her, but she had to return home and accidentally left her slipper there. The prince came and found her and they lived happily ever after.

(Rushen Coatie, John D. Batten)

Bibliography: More English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs Link

Reading Notes, King Arthur, Part A

(Arthur, Walter Crane)

King Arthur was a story that many of us heard as kids. There even was a Disney movie made from the myth called The Sword in the Stone. The myth that this movie was based on was the first story I read in this collection. This story was a little different. In this story, Arthur pulled out the sword from the stone. However, no knights were present when it happened so in order to claim the throne, Arthur had to put the sword back and pull it out with witnesses. When he pulled it out his father and brother were present and much to his dismay his father said that he is not actually his father. That Merlin was his father. The rest of the stories in this collection were all about the adventures of King Arthur.

Bibliography: King Arthur: Tales of the Round Table by Andrew Lang Link