For all of us Faerie loving people out there, it is a dream to live life the way faeries would. While, most of us do not have to ability to literally walk into the Faery realm, we can still take inspiration from the fae in how we live life! I take inspiration from…
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My Top 5 Sleeping Beauty Book Adaptations
Today I would like to countdown my top five favorite Sleeping Beauty book adaptations. All of these are inspired by the fairytale, but vary in reading level, and content. Number 5: The Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by Anne Rice ~Be warned that these are very adult novels! They are inspired by the fairytale, and…
Read MoreSea Fairytales
In honor of Summer I want to discuss sea themed fairytales. The Little Mermaid is the obvious choice, but there are also tales of selkies and undines. I will focus on The Little Mermaid, selkie tales, and Undine (which is a story by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué which became a German opera…
Read MoreFantasy Places
Many writers throughout times have written about fictional places. Today I want to talk about some of my favorite fantasy places from literature! I will focus on children’s or young adult literary places, in order to keep this post from getting ridiculously long! I have always adored Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and…
Read MoreUsage of Roses in Fairytales
Today I want to talk about why the rose is used so often in fairytales and fairytale films. Most iconically the rose is used in my favorite Sleeping Beauty and in Beauty and the Beast! I love analyzing why certain aspects of fairytales can be seen across many different tales! In both Sleeping…
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The Disney film Enchanted is an homage to all the great classic Disney animated features. They even included cameos with some of the classic voice actors from those films. For instance Robert’s assistant is played by Jodi Benson, the woman who voiced Ariel in The Little Mermaid! The narrator is the incomparable…
Read MoreMy Top Ten Best Non-Disney Fairytale Films
Today I wanted to count down my top ten favorite films featuring fairytales, that were not made by Disney! Number 10: Sleeping Beauty (2014) ~This is a modern re-telling of the classic tale. It is set in the medieval period, and largely follows the original storyline! Number 9:Snow White: a Tale of Terror (1998)…
Read MoreBarefoot Princesses
One of my favorite things in Sleeping Beauty is a very small detail. I love that when Aurora (or at this point Briar Rose) is dancing and singing in the woods, and meets Phillip, she is barefoot! I personally love being barefoot, both indoors and outdoors. I even went barefoot for the…
Read MoreMy Top Five Best Disney Villains
For today’s post I want to count down my top five favorite Disney villains. I will only list villains in Disney films based on fairytales here, in order to keep it organized! Number 5: Lady Tremaine from Cinderella ~My number five pick is, in fact, the evil stepmother of all evil stepmothers! I…
Read MoreSleeping Curses in Fairytales
Sleeping curses are a popular topic in fairytales. Obviously the important examples are my favorite fairytale Sleeping Beauty and Snow White. Both of these tales have an evil female character cursing a young beautiful woman. The sleeping curse in Snow White was enacted by Snow taking a bite of a poisoned apple. …
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White Rose of Avalon 