# fairytaletuesday

Our this 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)

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2021-03-30

Our for 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

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2021-03-23

This week's for 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)

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2021-02-03

Today's for this 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).

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2020-11-25