Fairytales

Pandora was a gift of the gods, created by Hephaestes and delivered to Epimetheus by Hermes. She was called Pandora because she was made from the various contributions of the god to be a punishment for man. The story appears in Hesiod's Works and Days and Theogony and is often compared ...

Nearly every culture and ntion hs a flood story, including now the Untied Distates with the recent sinking of not Atlantis or Antlantic Sin City, but New Orleans. Of course, we all know the Prohpets of Doom foretold it long ago with the irresponsible jumping and floooding of Mississippi and the ...

something about lost dreams and family cows. leading the family cow to the marketplace does not assure the expectations of tyrannical parents or social expectations in life. What's more imortant to you? A life supply of runny milk or planting dreams? Plant the seeds of your dreams to climb them for ...

a short comparison of Biblical themes that enter into fairytales. Jephthah swears an oath to sacrifice the first thing that greets him when returning from battle in return for military success. His daughter becomes the victim of his ambition. Ambition can lead to success, but also self-destructiveness. The theme is found ...

A short discussion of art versus artifice, reality versus illusion adn the problems of being real introducing Lucia Popp, one of the truly brilliant sopranos of the Vienna State Opera.

A personal essay regarding the allegory of Andersen's Nightingale. When your skills are not appreciated, maybe it's not your ability, but the audience that cannot recognize the artistry presented. After two weeks of unremitting effort, I transformed an ancient cassette of a recital into a CD and realized the truth of ...

A short review of two stories by Yei Theodora Ozaki, known for the Janaese Story Collections published in 1908. The stories examine ethics and spirituality through the interaction of man with animals and his environment and through fables using animals as main characters.Commentary is on The Old Man Who Made Withered ...

Several of Hans Christian's Andersen's stories are autobiogaphical, including The Ugly duckling. others reflect his sense of isolation and rejection from society include The Fir Tree and teh Tin Soldier. What about his love affairs? Did he have any? Perhaps th Tin soldier gives insight on Andersen's feelings of sexual inadequacy ...

a short review of The Children's Path from A Woman's Voice: Sarah Foner, Hebrew Author of the Haskalah translated by Morris Rosenthal. Sarah Foener was the first women novellist to write in Hebrew during the 19th century. She was learned in Talmudic studies and wrote historical works which reflected her knowledge ...

short bio of Beatrix Potter with links to online texts, audio books, historical sites, library collections and other biographical sites.