Scary Tale Forest
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, 02-17-2010 at 07:29 AM (1135 Views)
Just musing and brainstorming how I will be setting up our little haunted woods this year. We have a little trail through the woods that seems perfect for some grim Grimms Fairy Tales! And a few others to add in the fun!
Here is the Wikipedia entry about the brothers...
The Brothers Grimm (German: Die Brüder Grimm or Die Gebrüder Grimm), Jacob (January 4, 1785 - September 20, 1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (February 24, 1786 - December 16, 1859), were German academics who were best known for publishing collections of folk tales and fairy tales, which became popular.[1] Jacob also did academic work in linguistics, related to how the sounds in words shift over time (Grimm's law), and together they wrote a German dictionary.
They are among the best-known story tellers of folk tales from Europe, and their work popularized such tales as "Rumpelstiltskin", "Snow White", "Sleeping Beauty", "Rapunzel", "Cinderella", "Hansel and Gretel", and "The Frog Prince", some of them they took from the Italian Fairy Tale writers Giambattista Basile and Giovanni Francesco Straparola.
In our own little woods, I will adapt a few other familiar fairy tale characters as well. For example:
Little Red - Riding in the Hood (hearse) and
the "Yeh - He Be Bad" Wolf
Hansel and Gretel and the Witch of the Woods
(Haunted Cottage, Stone Oven, etc.)
Jack be Nimble, Jack be Quick, Poor Jack didn't make it over the Candlestick! (A large fire-y candle flame made of up -lit fabric and a fan)
Wicked Witch + house with striped legs (wingtips and briefcase?) sticking out .
"Who Killed My Sister (Mister?) "
I can think of soooo many more -- but feel free to contribute!







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