I cannot stress this enough:
In a lot of traditions what we call fairy tales (or wonder tales) were for adults. Often told by grown men at the barracks or during work.
Which means uncensored fairy tale texts often include a whole lot of cussing. Because you'd yell "Sh**!" too if a devil chased you.
And this is how we get the scene where an evil king offers a hero money for his services and the hero flat out says "Your majesty, suck my d***"
#southofmidnight #letsplay Ch. 7: At her grandma's suggestion, Hazel seeks aid from her mom's ex who, while knowledgeable, has secrets of his own. #Compulsiongames #XboxGameStudios #playthrough #adventure #southerngothic #southern #gothic #deepsouth #Louisiana #magic #folktales #folklore #gaming
#SouthOfMidnight #LetsPlay Ch. 6: To find her mom, Hazel goes to her grandma's spare cottage to find info on Huggin' Molly; but she also finds something from her own family's history to heal. #Compulsiongames #XboxGameStudios #playthrough #adventure #southerngothic #southern #gothic #deepsouth #Louisiana #magic #folktales #folklore #gaming
Have you listened to our podcast yet? The Shropshire Witches Podcast is dedicated to sharing forgotten folklore and the history of those left out of traditional narratives. You can listen anywhere you get your podcasts, or via the link below.
https://media.rss.com/the-shropshire-witches-podcast-pod1/feed.xml
#SouthOfMidnight #LetsPlay Ch. 5: Hazel meets a dear family friend as she gets ever closer to finding her home and healing the hurt surrounding Two-Toed Tom. Also, FIRST BOSS FIGHT! #Compulsiongames #XboxGameStudios #playthrough #adventure #southerngothic #southern #gothic #deepsouth #Louisiana #magic #folktales #folklore #gaming
"There was once upon a time a young boy who inherited a small mountain farm from his parents. He held his father’s farm so dear that he thought to himself that he would live here all his life. But often, when he looked out over his small plots of land, he wished that they might grow into large rolling fields and meadows. And when he looked at his two solitary cows, he wished that he could own a whole herd. And when one evening he took the time to properly consider the small, grey buildings, he wished that they were large and fine, both those for the crops and those for the livestock and those he lived in himself. Yet there was one thing he was wholly certain of, and that was that he would never trade away or sell his father’s farm – no, not for all the goods or gold in the world. After all, it was here that he had been born and raised - and round about stood the quiet forest and the mighty mountains, and the view down to the broader settlement and its sparkling river was so pleasant and so beautiful. And just below his best field lay the bluest of blue mountain lakes, blinking at him, reflecting the surrounding mountains."
#SouthOfMidnight #LetsPlay Ch. 4: After healing some of Benjy's hurt & freeing Catfish, Hazel gets a preview of the MASSIVE gator, Two-Toed Tom. #Compulsiongames #XboxGameStudios #playthrough #adventure #southerngothic #southern #gothic #deepsouth #Louisiana #magic #folktales #folklore #gaming
This installment finishes from where we left off in A Big Fish before starting the actual Chapter 4: Wicked Temper - the shortest chapter we've played yet.
I’ve got a “LIttle Mermaid" Art Nouveau greeting card up for sale o my Goimagine art shop!
It was done in Procreate, taking 3449 strokes and 6h10m to complete. No artificial generating ridiculousness involved!
https://goimagine.com/little-mermaid-single-illustrated-greeting-card-5x7-with-envelope/
It’s also part of a pack of cards that feature a variety of fairytale images. They’re all 5x7 and blank inside with an interesting wrap-around-the-spine-crease effect I like to do on most of the cards I make.
https://goimagine.com/art-nouveau-fairytale-variety-pack-1-of-greeting-cards-5x7-with-envelopes/
I print, package, and post all these from my own home studio. No manufacturing or drop shipping.
Hungarian Roma #FolktaleMoment
A man catches a glimpse of the Fairy Queen and starts saying that even the sole of her foot is prettier than the King's only daughter. He almost gets executed for this, but the Fairy Queen shows up in the last moment to prove that the sole of her foot IS indeed prettier than the princess.
(The King at this point decides to marry the Fairy Queen, and goes through a whole lot of adventures to win her. Also, Fairy Queen has flying elephants.)
And now a troll has creeped me out:
“Now a troll lived in the mountains there in those days, and had been desirous of the girl ever since she had begun to herd her father’s cows, when she was but small. One day, when the girl was scarcely grown up, it spoke to her father, saying that if it could have the girl, then it would do what it could for her father and her folk.”
Be kind to cats!
“‘Shoo, cat!’ the girl cried, kicking at it.
“The boy picked up the cat and held it in his arms, gently stroking its back. ‘Promise that you shall never be mean to the cat,’ he said.”
#SouthOfMidnight #LetsPlay Chapter 3: Hazel finds the mysterious but friendly Catfish stranded above the #bayou and deals with the #trauma between brothers. #Compulsiongames #XboxGameStudios #playthrough #adventure #southerngothic #southern #gothic #deepsouth #Louisiana #magic #folktales #folklore #gaming
While this is the longest video so far, I had to cut it short because I had a class coming up (I recorded during my midday break). The conclusion of Chapter 3 will join Chapter 4 in the next video.
I'm about a quarter of the way through translating Astrid and Olaf Thalberg’s Sagn og huldre-eventyr from 1929. It's moving along quite nicely.
Some good stuff here.
“Old Jon Berget knew a thing or two; he could make twisted limbs whole again and recite some words over sick livestock so it would recover. Folk said he owned a black book.”
#SouthOfMidnight #LetsPlay Chapter 2: Hazel gains new abilities following in the footsteps of the last Weaver... and has her first combat! #Compulsiongames #XboxGameStudios #playthrough #adventure #southerngothic #southern #gothic #magic #folktales #folklore #gaming #gamingvideos
Upload took a while and I had classes, but here's the first installment of our #SouthOfMidnight #LetsPlay! #Compulsiongames #XboxGameStudios #playthrough #adventure #southern #southerngothic #gothic #magic #folktales #folklore
In the myth of Sleeping Beauty, the earth-goddess sinks into her long winter sleep, pricked by winter’s sharp thorn. All is locked in icy repose. Naught thrives save the ivy defying the cold, till the kiss of the golden-haired sun-god stirs a reawakened life.
I have discovered eight volumes of Norwegian folktales that are in sore need of translation. Each tome has around 100 pages, and should thus take less than a year to complete. These, the Swedish folktales of Hyltén-Cavallius and Stephens, together with the Christmas album and the forgotten Norwegian variants that I'm pottering around with, and I won't have to surface in the real world for the foreseeable future.
Bliss.
Now, how can I take along with me those who are interested in coming?
“My horse is small but my sleigh is steady. Cast your lot with me! Cast your lot with me! Jump on! Don’t spare the mouse!” said the hen.
#Folklore #NorwegianFolktales #SwedishFolktales @norwegianfolktales #Folktales
3 things about Masahiro Shinoda’s DEMON POND [1979]
1. Peeling a pear. “Well chilled,” he tells her approvingly.
2. They protest–their daughter isn’t beautiful, then add grudgingly that she’s no longer a virgin.
3. Batting away at the desperate villagers with his cane.
#FolktaleMoment of the day (Hungarian Roma folktale):
A mother sheep craves watermelons. After many adventures to acquire some, she meets Jesus Christ. Jesus responds to her wishes by creating a girl who cries red apples.
Sheep says "I want watermelons, not apples."
Jesus re-creates the girl who now cries whole watermelons.
Sheep is happy. The end.
Today is the 5 year anniversary of NearlyKnowledgeable! I am grateful for all the support I've received on this journey! Being able to share Shropshire's story means so much to me. I'm feeling rather emotional thinking about how far I've come!
https://nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-sin-eater.html
