Making board games is something I have fun doing with all the kids I babysit. It's a great craft and game at the same time, and a fun wa...

This article is a fascinating and educational look into fairy tales before the Grimms-from Straparola to Basile to Perrault and the French ...

"The Erlking as a character has its origins in a common European folkloric archetype, the seductive but deadly fairy or siren (compar...

Once upon a time, a woman lived with her two daughters. Snow White was quiet and gentle and stayed at home, helping their mother. Rose Red l...

Been a while since I posted a Nightwish song! High time again. Their song "Planet Hell" repeats these lyrics: "Save yourself ...

Juliet Marillier's Heart's Blood is listed as one of the modern interpretations of Beauty and the Beast on Surlalune . At first, fro...

Disneyland opened in 1955. In 1956, the year my Dad was 2, his parents took him and his sister (pictured above) there for vacation. My gra...

This is an Irish version of a story that also has Spanish, English, and German counterparts. I like it because though Lusmore isn't ent...

There was once a poor tailor whose son was so idle and lazy that the tailor eventually died from grief. Still nothing persuaded Aladdin to ...

This article by Tolu Olorunda, linked by Surlalunefairytalesblog, seethes with hatred for Disney. There are many arguments addressed in the...