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    Category: Fairytales

    Bake-Danuki: Mocked by the Japanese Racoon Dogs

    Our mythologies are littered with malicious spirits and malcontent, sometimes murderous monsters. This is understandable, because life can often be terrible; the horrors of the day revisit… Read more “Bake-Danuki: Mocked by the Japanese Racoon Dogs”

    March 17, 2022 by MythCrafts Team

    The Emperor’s Enablers

    The Emperor’s New Clothes is one of the more popular Hans Christian Andersen tales, a narcissistic leader who is too self-involved in his quest for impressive attire… Read more “The Emperor’s Enablers”

    January 28, 2021February 26, 2022 by MythCrafts Team

    Japanese Time Travel: the Fisherman and the Turtle

    Imagine this: You’re a peaceful fisherman, walking home after a day at sea. As you tread up the shoreline, you come across a group of children tormenting… Read more “Japanese Time Travel: the Fisherman and the Turtle”

    April 7, 2020January 15, 2023 by MythCrafts Team

    Clíodhna and the Blarney Stone

    Many, many years long past, the Tuatha Dé Danannan, the divinities of the ancients, ruled over Ireland. Now some of them were merciful; others were wrathful, and… Read more “Clíodhna and the Blarney Stone”

    March 14, 2019 by MythCrafts Team

    May Gibbs and the Fairies of Australia

    Australia is known for its wildly peculiar fauna; kangaroos, koalas and the quizzical duck-billed platypus. Its flora is equally as unique, adapted to survive in the harsh… Read more “May Gibbs and the Fairies of Australia”

    January 24, 2019 by MythCrafts Team

    Beware the Tooth Fairy!

    What do the Tooth Fairy, the Norse Gods, Sumerian Demons, Greek Dragons and Fluoride have in common? In reality, absolutely nothing. Unfortunately for Reality, this post doesn’t… Read more “Beware the Tooth Fairy!”

    August 30, 2018August 30, 2018 by MythCrafts Team

    Sometimes the Birds Sing: La Belle Dame Sans Merci

    Imagine being a poet, possessed by a fairy-lover, who provides you with inspiration. A fairy muse, with the ability to make you shine twice as bright… Even… Read more “Sometimes the Birds Sing: La Belle Dame Sans Merci”

    August 24, 2017August 24, 2017 by MythCrafts Team

    The Angry Queen of the Southern Sea

    Beware, attractive young men: an enchantress awaits you on the southern coastline of Java. She may appear as a mermaid, or She may appear as a beautiful… Read more “The Angry Queen of the Southern Sea”

    May 3, 2017May 8, 2017 by MythCrafts Team

    Beauty and the Beast; The Novel.

    Beauty and the Beast is a staple of many classical fairytale collections, including those of the brothers Grimm. While their compendiums are generally collections of tales with… Read more “Beauty and the Beast; The Novel.”

    March 16, 2017November 21, 2019 by MythCrafts Team

    The Little Mermaid And The Ghosts Of Unrequited Love

    The Little Mermaid (published in 1837) is one of Hans Christian Andersen’s most enduring and beloved tales. While re-popularized with a Disney re-write in 1989, it left… Read more “The Little Mermaid And The Ghosts Of Unrequited Love”

    January 11, 2017January 8, 2018 by MythCrafts Team

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