tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968132365438511409.post5025889710586451764..comments2024-03-26T02:27:06.176-05:00Comments on Tales of Faerie: On RosesKristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097525403940409218noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968132365438511409.post-62087803403029597982021-02-18T19:58:58.282-06:002021-02-18T19:58:58.282-06:00I realize this post is five years old, so I apolog...I realize this post is five years old, so I apologize if this is no longer relevant, but the tale of the Rose reminds me very much of the tale told in the German song Erlkonig, in which a mischievous, elfin king courts the attentions of a young child as his father carries him home on horseback, late one evening. The child can see the elfin figure in the gloom, and hear his seductive promises of endless games and playmates and figures of much amazement, but when he tells his father, his father thinks the boy's losing his mind. He speeds home, as the elfin king's promises turn to threats, that if you won't come with me by choice, I will take you by force, and as the man rides into the courtyard of his home, the boy perishes in his arms. There's no rose in that tale, of course, but I still feel the character is a similar one, especially as the Grimms folklore came often from Germanic folklore. (It also reminds me a little of the story of Hades and Persephone, but that one has a slightly less dark ending).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968132365438511409.post-36908243393580330222018-06-05T09:27:19.582-05:002018-06-05T09:27:19.582-05:00pooppoopAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968132365438511409.post-33149691846979905952015-02-02T15:29:44.127-06:002015-02-02T15:29:44.127-06:00That makes sense, although I also wouldn't be ...That makes sense, although I also wouldn't be surprised if older folkloric versions just featured a boy who was a vague supernatural portent of doom, or a child version of Death Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01097525403940409218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968132365438511409.post-73353703847742662312015-02-02T15:28:11.072-06:002015-02-02T15:28:11.072-06:00Thanks! I had read this when it came out but forgo...Thanks! I had read this when it came out but forgotten about the rose connection. I think I should definitely do a part 2 next year...Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01097525403940409218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968132365438511409.post-4055122758206697302015-02-02T14:05:38.826-06:002015-02-02T14:05:38.826-06:00Love this! Thought you might like to know that the...Love this! Thought you might like to know that the rose is also very connected with the Snow White tale. Kate Forsyth does a great summary here, including the relevant portions of the main tale variants that include roses: http://www.kateforsyth.com.au/kates-blog/spotlight-snow-whiteGypsy Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05376146830985305127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968132365438511409.post-10064239066081116342015-02-01T16:43:12.951-06:002015-02-01T16:43:12.951-06:00The child that the boy met in "The Rose"...The child that the boy met in "The Rose" was Baba Jesus. The Grimms were suckers for heavy-handed symbolism like thisAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11593854763215902252noreply@blogger.com