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10 Symbols in Jack and the Beanstalk
Thank you for your previous comment that "No, if you dig a bit in the history of harp. It's originally made of bow, so it connects different aspects. It can also connect giants and ordinary folk. Music is above that" in answer to my previous ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/14/2024
The Beauty and the Beast
The link giving The scarlet flower had the messaage "The connection to blackandwhiteandmore.blog.fc2.com is not secure You are seeing this warning because this site does not support HTTPS."
Is there another way to look at this article?
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/14/2024
10 Symbols in Jack and the Beanstalk
This is the giant.
Tolovaj, on 03/13/2024
The Beauty and the Beast
Can't say for the origin of this specific fairy tale but Lang compiled his fairy tales after brothers Grimm already published several versions of their collection.
Tolovaj, on 03/13/2024
The Beauty and the Beast
This order came as I compiled different resources. i started with authorship, versions, variations, themes, symbolism and made the final orde according to available material. I hope this helps.
Tolovaj, on 03/13/2024
10 Symbols in Jack and the Beanstalk
No, if you dig a bit in the history of harp. It's originally made of bow, so it connects different aspects. It can also connect giants and ordinary folk. Music is above that.
Tolovaj, on 03/13/2024
10 Symbols in Jack and the Beanstalk
There are versions where Jack marries and have children. The 'original' stops before that.
Tolovaj, on 03/13/2024
The Beauty and the Beast
East of the Sun ... is on my list for several years now and I published a post about Scarlet Flower on one of my blogs many years ago. Singing Lark will probably find a way to be presented somewhere sooner or later. I am not familiar with most ...
Tolovaj, on 03/13/2024
10 Symbols in Jack and the Beanstalk
Cow is definitely an ordinary animal and hen with golden eggs is definitely not. We don't know how long it will live but in the story it lays eggs on command - as many as its owner wish.
Tolovaj, on 03/13/2024
10 Symbols in Jack and the Beanstalk
The last in-text image intrigues me.
Is the male character supposed to be Jack or the giant meditating on the singing harp?
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/13/2024
The Beauty and the Beast
Please accept my apologies again if I ask a question twice because of the computer behaving like I just concluded, instead of just commenced, my comment.
The 10 fairy-tale counterparts in the 9th fact feature a fairy tale from the Indian ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/13/2024
The Mystery of Evil
A philosophical solution would not find room for God, but a theological solution would.
frankbeswick, on 03/13/2024
The Gardeners' Foe: dealing with slugs
All mulch attracts slugs and snails. One type of mulch does notnattract more than another.
frankbeswick, on 03/13/2024
The Carneddau Ridge: Wales' great ridge walk
It depends on the weather. I always used boots. I never used skis.
frankbeswick, on 03/13/2024
The Gardeners' Foe: dealing with slugs
The introductory paragraph cautions us about slugs clustering under winter mulch.
Is all mulch attractive to slugs or might there be some mulches -- such as leaf mold -- more attractive than others?
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/13/2024