tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968132365438511409.post7748476371024403503..comments2024-03-26T02:27:06.176-05:00Comments on Tales of Faerie: Finding the First Fairy TalesKristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097525403940409218noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968132365438511409.post-5341804305957066862012-06-16T04:13:59.693-05:002012-06-16T04:13:59.693-05:00The Nightingale story sounds like the Greek myth o...The Nightingale story sounds like the Greek myth of Philomela, who was raped by the king (also her brother in law) and had her tongue cut out so she couldn't tell her sister. She then weaved her story into a tapestry and sent it to her sister, who killed her son by the king and cooked him, so that the king ate him. When the king found out what the sisters had done he chased them and wanted to kill them, but the Gods took pity on the women and turned them into birds - Philomela turned into a Nightingale. <br /><br />I hadn't made the connection until now, and as well as all the connections you mention between the different versions, the detail about weaving a tapestry links the story to more recent versions of Sleeping Beauty, who pricks her finger on a spinning wheel...A.L. Lovedayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16205189160121469082noreply@blogger.com