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Beauty and the Beast - How Different Artists Saw the Beast Differently

Madam Barbot de Villeneuve's version is much longer, with six brothers and six sisters. It was not written as an educational tool but more as a fairy tale, typical for the 17th century with numerous descriptions and decorative elements. Such ...

Tolovaj, 12 days ago

Beauty and the Beast - How Different Artists Saw the Beast Differently

Beauty has a background, so fashionable dress can still fit. On the other hand, the story clearly states that the castle was loaded with dresses for nobility. So, in her case, everything goes.

Tolovaj, 12 days ago

Beauty and the Beast - How Different Artists Saw the Beast Differently

Snow White is an example of riches-to-rags-to-riches, Hansel and Gretel is rags-to-riches. Yes, I am working on that.

Tolovaj, 12 days ago

Sacred Gardens

Yes. There is a now dessicated valley which local people claim to be the site of Eden, but I cannot recall its name.

frankbeswick, 12 days ago

Safety in British Mountains

I have not seen the film.

frankbeswick, 12 days ago

Sacred Gardens

Your introduction describes the Garden of Eden as in modern Iran. Is there any tradition about where in modern Iran?

DerdriuMarriner, 13 days ago

Safety in British Mountains

Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous, same-day question. Fire is the means that elementary-school and Sunday-school teachers invoked for divine-impelled worldwide destruction. Might you have seen the film The coming ...

DerdriuMarriner, 13 days ago

Walks for a Ruby Wedding

Raisins are very common in tea cakes, but there could be other fruits, such as blueberries and bilberries.

frankbeswick, 14 days ago

Understanding Sacrament

The practice of the sacraments evolved over the years. Baptism and Eucharist stem from the early church, and laying on of hands for confirmation and Holy Orders is found in the New Testament. The sacrament of the sick is mentioned in the letter ...

frankbeswick, 14 days ago

The Timeless Paths: a review of the book Holloway

There is no set figure for width, but they are generally v shaped. I would estimate a width of about twenty feet at the top to be the norm.

frankbeswick, 14 days ago

The Jesus' Wife Papyrus

Yes,but I cannot name a document. Sorry.

frankbeswick, 14 days ago

The British Flower Show

We are not at Tatton Park for long, about ten days, and it is Summer rather than Fall. So we do not need the leaf blowers.

frankbeswick, 14 days ago

The afterlife: what Jesus taught and what developed later

There are no satisfactory doctrinal statements on these issues. Maybe Dame Julian of Norwich stated the truth when she told us of her vision of Hell. It was empty. I was brought up for a few years in a Franciscan parish, and my parents were ...

frankbeswick, 14 days ago

Walks for a Ruby Wedding

Thank you for your comment July 8, 2019, in answer to my previous, same-day question. The comment box below contains the appetizing description of teacakes as muffins with fruit. Does any fruit do or might certain fruits be likelier in ...

DerdriuMarriner, 15 days ago

Understanding Sacrament

Thank you! Baptism, confession, confirmation, Mass, marriage, holy orders, Last Rites are the sacred seven. Perhaps Jesus Christ being baptized, calling for an "I'm sorry" to God and inventing the Last Supper respectively can be considered ...

DerdriuMarriner, 15 days ago