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The Fairy Story (or Folk-tale if you prefer that name) has at any rate been altered: for in this case it has been welded into the 'history'. And not, I think, for the first time by our poet. Beowulf and the Monster were already grafted onto the court of Heorot before ever he made this poem. But however it was done, by one poet or a succession of them, it caused great changes not only of detail but of tone. And it did not leave the history unaffected. You have only to consider how different is ma
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― Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, together with Sellic Spell
― Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, together with Sellic Spell
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I realize that for all my penchant in believing that there's more to the world than what we can see, that folk tales and fairy tales are based on real, if forgotten events, I never accepted that part of it as being real.
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― The Onion Girl
― The Onion Girl
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A group for those you like creatures of mystery, legend, ghost stories, fairy tales, and much mo…more
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Come "Imagine Your Story" with the East Polk Public Library. We will be reading five books this …more
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For the Global Progeny of the Calabrian Diaspora and All with interest in learning, sharing, and…more
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