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The Mythical Firebird

All about the beautiful firebird from Russian folklore, the bird with feathers that glow like fire

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10 Differences Between The Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault and Brothers Grimm

Sleeping Beauty is a fairy tale known in hundreds of variations. What are the most important differences?

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Baba Yaga - Who Is She?

The Russian Baba Yaga lives in a cabin built on chicken legs! Is she a scary witch or a wise old grandmother who can give good advice?

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A History of Raven - a Haida Folk Tale

A Haida tale, told to me by Chief Wiiaa, (Chief William Matthews,) the fourth and final hereditary Chief Wiia of Masset , Queen Charlotte Islands, now named Haida Gwaii

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Who was Giambattista Basile?

Giambattista Basile wrote many poems, plays and stories, but will be forever remembered for one book - Pentamerone, as one of the inventors of a fairy tale as a literary genre.

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Feng Huang the Chinese Phoenix

The Feng Huang is a sacred mythical bird in Chinese culture. Similar to the Western Phoenix, it has several important differences.

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The Puss in the Boots

Puss in Boots is one of eight fairy tales written by Charles Perrault's Mother Goose. It's a classic tale with a questionable moral and open to many interpretations.

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This Last Cold Spell Must be Blackberry Winter

In “This Last Cold Spell Must be Blackberry Winter” I again relate to our local custom of ‘weather prognosticating’ the particular cold spell being experienced at a given time in t

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