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Our #FeaturedTale this #FairytaleTuesday is "Hare and the Hedgehog" from Grimm's Household Tales, in which the hare insults the hedgehog's legs, they agree to race, and the hedgehog's wife helps him win "a golden louis-d'or and a bottle of brandy."
Illustration: Gustav Süs (1855)
Our #FeaturedTale for #FairytaleTuesday is "A Riddling Tale" from Grimm's Household Tales, in which a husband successfully frees his wife from being enchanted to be a flower during the day and a woman at night by recognizing her from three identical flowers.
Art by Gina Biggs
This #FolkloreThursday's #ThompsonMotif theme is games! Some of these motifs in our tales include A1495: Origin of outdoor games, A163.1.1: Gods play chess, E577: Dead people play games, and H14433: Fear test - playing game with reassembled dead man.
Artist unknown.
This #FolkloreThursday, our #ThompsonMotif theme is love! Some of these motifs in our tales include A761.3: Stars as transformed lovers, T11.2: Love through sight of a picture, and T75.3: Unrequited love expressed in song,
Illustration by Prawny (Pixabay)
This week's #FeaturedTale for #FairyTaleTuesday is "Khastakhumar and Bibinagar," an Afghani folk tale in which Babinagar must journey far and wide to recover her black snake husband after his snakeskin is burned by her jealous stepsisters.
Illustration by Hilda Roberts (1919)
Wishing a happy and safe #Thanksgiving to all who are celebrating today, and a joyous and safe #NationalNativeAmericanHeritageDay to those celebrating tomorrow! The Tales team is grateful for all your support, and we will see you all with regular postings again next week!
Today's #FeaturedTale for this #FairyTaleTuesday is the classic Grimm tale "The Bremen Town Musicians," in which four animals who are too old to work decide to become musicians and trick their way into taking ownership of a house together.
Illustration by Paul Meyerheim (1889).