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InkGypsy is back!! Once Upon a Blog has new posts up!

I enjoyed reading Csenge Zalka's translation of a variant of The Handless Maiden from Hungarian on Multicolored Diary. "Handless Maiden" is one of my least favorite fairy tales, but I prefer the Hungarian version to the Grimms'

I also really enjoyed Kathrine Langrish's essay on the symbolism of shoes from many cultures, and how that connects with Cinderella-over on Seven Miles of Steel Thistles.

If the Grimm tale "Mary's Child" didn't make you angry before, it will after you read Jenny Prater's take on it: *#@% You, Mary on Halfway to Fairyland