tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968132365438511409.post2673713067062528100..comments2024-03-26T02:27:06.176-05:00Comments on Tales of Faerie: Fairy Tale LinksKristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097525403940409218noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968132365438511409.post-26349768509731734632014-07-01T13:19:20.706-05:002014-07-01T13:19:20.706-05:00You're absolutely right, and now I realize the...You're absolutely right, and now I realize the phrase "never meant for children specifically" is a bit confusing, because they would have been around and overheard the tales. Children on farms were also exposed to things like sex, childbirth, and other bodily functions simply due to raising animals/sharing one room houses-things most modern children are shielded fromKristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01097525403940409218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968132365438511409.post-82319234095750529982014-06-30T19:34:00.156-05:002014-06-30T19:34:00.156-05:00I imagine the tales were told to children, but the...I imagine the tales were told to children, but they were not aimed at children. You have to remember that our concept of childhood isn't the same as previous generations' concept of childhood. For a long time children were just treated as little half-formed adults. And the concept of adolescence, a transition period between childhood and adulthood, is pretty new as well.Adam Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129844426168129584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968132365438511409.post-8244084825689794952014-06-29T14:48:06.767-05:002014-06-29T14:48:06.767-05:00I know, I feel like they clearly didn't do the...I know, I feel like they clearly didn't do their research on Beauty and the Beast/I take offense at their calling the other details "uninteresting." <br /><br />But it's true, fairy tales were never meant for children specifically until relatively recently in history. In fact, it was through the different publications of the Grimms that their stories became more and more "child appropriate." Beaumont's BATB was specifically aimed towards young women, but most fairy tales in their folk context were likely adults entertaining each other as they passed the time doing chores.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01097525403940409218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968132365438511409.post-43644528724983354252014-06-28T18:12:17.347-05:002014-06-28T18:12:17.347-05:00Ha ha ha about Disney's Beauty & the Beast...Ha ha ha about Disney's Beauty & the Beast being "actually pretty accurate." Hard to know where to start taking exception to that remark! Also, people forget that folktales collected by the Grimms and others weren't necessarily aimed at children. They were often directed at young women and others thought to be in need of moral "improvement." Lisa Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14504224527064407167noreply@blogger.com