Folklore and legends

Here is collection of posts about folklore, myth, legend, imagination and related topics.  These are among the posts I most like to write.  Enjoy!

Where to find Tales of the Elves:  Icelandic Folktales for Children.  May 15, 2013

Jorinda and Joringel, Part 1. May 5, 2013

Jorinda and Joringel, Part 2. May 11, 2013

Authenticity and Folklore. February 14, 2013
http://wp.me/pYql4-2VY

Once Upon a Time by Max Luthi. February 5, 2013
http://wp.me/pYql4-2TI

A Dilettante Among Symbols . January 16, 2013
http://wp.me/pYql4-2Oy

Tales of the Dummling. January 8, 2013
http://wp.me/pYql4-2Ma

The Yule Lads: Icelandic Christmas Folklore. December 10, 2012
http://wp.me/pYql4-2D9

Tales of the Elves by Anna Asjornsdottir and Florence Thibault. December 2, 2012
http://wp.me/pYql4-2BG

Njal’s Saga: an introduction. Oct. 10, 2012
http://wp.me/pYql4-2sS

Njal’s Saga, part 2. Oct. 15, 2012
http://wp.me/pYql4-2tb

Njal’s Saga, part 3. Oct. 15, 2012
http://wp.me/pYql4-2ty

Njal’s Saga: some concluding remarks. Oct. 18, 2012
http://wp.me/pYql4-2up

Two hundred years of the Brothers Grimm. Oct. 8, 2012
http://wp.me/pYql4-2sw

Fairytales in the 21st century. Sept. 21, 2012
http://wp.me/pYql4-2q7

Fairytales for Midlife. April 2, 2012
http://wp.me/pYql4-1V3

Swan Maidens and Fairy Lovers, Part 2. March 28, 2012
http://wp.me/pYql4-1Tf

Swan Maidens and Fairy Lovers, Part 1. March 25, 2012
http://wp.me/pYql4-1RX

The Water of Life, Part 2. March 15, 2012
http://wp.me/pYql4-1Pm

The Water of Life. March 12, 2012
http://wp.me/pYql4-1OC

Go I Know Not Wither, Bring Back I Know Not What, Part 2.
Feb 8, 2012 http://wp.me/pYql4-1HK

Go I Know Not Wither, Bring Back I Know Not What, Part 1.
Feb 6, 2012 http://wp.me/pYql4-1H3

Of Greensleeves and Christmas Carol Karma. Dec. 21, 2011
http://wp.me/pYql4-1wq

The King and the Corpse by Heinrich Zimmer: A Book Review – Part Two.
Dec. 19, 2011 http://wp.me/pYql4-1vJ

The King and the Corpse by Heinrich Zimmer: A Book Review – Part One.
Dec. 16, 2011 http://wp.me/pYql4-1vt

The Wasteland. Dec. 15, 2011
http://wp.me/pYql4-1v3

The Story of Shambhala. Nov. 3, 2011
http://wp.me/pYql4-1oA

The Ballad of Jesse James. June 1, 2011
http://wp.me/pYql4-V9

A Childhood Story I Have Never Forgotten: The Death of Balder.
May 23, 2011 http://wp.me/pYql4-TU

Barbara Allen – Mysteries in a Ballad. March 26, 2011
http://wp.me/pYql4-Us

On Fairy-Stories by J.R.R. Tolkein. March 22, 2011
http://wp.me/pYql4-Ib

The World as Shapeshifter: A Hindu Parable. Feb. 13, 2011
http://wp.me/pYql4-zT

Shapeshifting in Faerie: The Ballad of Tam Lin. Feb. 10, 2011
http://wp.me/pYql4-zk

On Shapechangers: Proteus in John Barth’s, The Menelaiad.
Feb. 7, 2011 http://wp.me/pYql4-yK

Happy Imbolc, St. Brigid’s Day, Candlemas, Groundhog Day.
Feb. 1, 2011 http://wp.me/pYql4-sQ

Camelot and the Wild West. Jan. 26, 2011
http://wp.me/pYql4-wb

McCabe and Mrs. Miller. Jan. 25, 2011
http://wp.me/pYql4-vu

Pothos in Westerns 2: Pat Garret and Billy the Kid. Jan. 23, 2011
http://wp.me/pYql4-v2

True Grit, Pothos, and Westerns that Stick With You. Jan. 22, 2011
http://wp.me/pYql4-up

Christmas Tree Facts and Legends. Dec 23, 2010
http://wp.me/pYql4-jv

The King is Dead; Long Live the King. Dec 21, 2010
http://wp.me/pYql4-m2

Joseph Cornell’s Dreamtime. Dec 17, 2010
http://wp.me/pYql4-l9

“Tinsel,” by Hank Stuever, and other Christmas musings.
Nov. 23, 2010 http://wp.me/pYql4-fn

The Wishing Tree. Nov. 20, 2010
http://wp.me/pYql4-eW

Of Hamsters, Wisdom, and Persephone. Oct 7, 2010
http://wp.me/pYql4-9B

The Peddler of Swaffham. Sept. 11, 2010
http://wp.me/pYql4-85