Realistic fairy tales (part three)

 This is the third part of Realistic Fairy Tales project. You may wonder what this project is about. If you didn't read my other posts, I will quickly say that this is fairy tale characters with realistic traits that people can identify with. You might think you have a lot in common with a fairy tale character after reading stories. Okay let's continue with more characters and their traits.

Pinocchio 

This is one of those naughty boy stories from "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi. Pinocchio is a well known character. He's a living wooden puppet whose nose gets very long each time he tells fibs. The most understandable things about him is that he behaves like a normal child, although a bit different. If you think you identify with Pinocchio, he does often tell lies. He doesn't lie out of malice but because it seems easier. Lying comes naturally to him. He learns that it doesn't help, and makes things worse. He wishes to be normal. What he needs most of all is Honesty. 

Jack   

From "Jack and the Beanstalk" by Joseph Jacobs is a retelling of older versions of this very old English folklore character, named Jack. In this story, he sells a cow for magic beans, climbs a beanstalk and becomes a giant killer. If you can identify with Jack, you will share these following characteristics: He's trusting, and yet unafraid. He's adventurous although he's reckless, daring and acts on impulse. He feels that something larger than himself is coming after him. He flees danger, but should never have been put into danger in the first place. What Jack needs most of all is Awareness. 

(More posts on this project soon...)

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The graphics used were made by me using Doll Divine and Azalea doll makers. 

Realistic fairy tales (part two)

This is the second part now of "realistic fairy tales". This is a new project where I will be talking about characters from fairy tales that describes real people. Do you think you can identify with the following characters? Do you have their traits? Can you identify with more than one character? Look at the characters, their traits, which could match your own. 

 Red Riding Hood

A well known story that warns of stranger-danger. This is by the Brothers Grimm, who have  given us this version from an even older oral traditional story. If you can identify with Red Riding Hood, then these are traits. She's youthful and most of all enjoys walking, hiking and the outdoors. She wants to heal,, as she's tender and caring. However, she's also very trusting and overlooks problems. What she really needs is Caution. 

 Rapunzel

This is a tricky story by the Brothers Grimm. Rapunzel is a maiden locked up in a tall tower but her hair is so long that she uses it as a rope. It isn't just about her long hair. Rapunzel represents being imprisoned and emotions that go with it such as loneliness, solitude and helplessness for this sense of feeling trapped. She has hidden talents and remarkable abilities. In a way she might come across as distant and aloof to others. What Rapunzel needs is Independence.

(More to follow soon...)

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The graphics were made by the She Wolf Night team using various dress up graphic games. 

Realistic fairy tales (part one)

 This is a new project where I will be talking about characters from fairy tales that describes real people. I've made a long list of them so I shall create more than one post featuring each character from fairy tales. I've loved fairy tales ever since I can remember, as early as before I started school at the age of four. I believe that the reason these stories are so appealing, attractive and popular is because they're magical. Also people can identify with the characters in them. So can you identify with the following characters? Do you have their traits? Can you identify with more than one character? Look at the characters, their traits, which could match your own. 

Snow White.

From The Brothers Grimm, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a beautiful and dark story. The main character is a princess called Snow White. If you can identify with her, you would have similar traits to Snow White. She is about innocence and vulnerability; She's stalked, an object of scorn, a run-away, escapes a broken home and flees danger. She's about wanting and needing a new identity. She searches for stability but she's also naive, and nature loving. She overcomes traumatic experiences and finds rebirth. What she needs the most is Wisdom. 

Cinderella

Another story by The Brothers Grimm is Cinderella, a rags-to-riches story. The heroine is mistreated at home and forced to do endless chores. If you can identify with Cinderella, you would have traits similar to her. She's a victim of domestic abuse, bullying and treated badly by her relatives. She represents being the black sheep of the family, made an outcast, feeling left out and missing out. Cinderella is a daydreamer, who is house bound, unfree and restricted. Cinderella also relies on escapism and transformation, but needs Strength the most. 

(There is going to be more in the series coming soon)...

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The graphics were made by Rayne Belladonna and Charlotte Woods using various dress up games.

Little Red Riding Hood's name

The name Little Red Riding Hood is so called because of a long red cloak that the girl in the story wears. There are many versions of this story told by Brothers Grimm and Charles Perrault. In older tales she was called “Little Red Cap”. The fairy story used to be titled “The False Grandmother” because of the wolf in disguise. It’s never been a fairy story like Cinderella or Snow White because it doesn’t have the same magic message. The heroine is a young girl who (in older versions) got eaten by the wolf. Some stories had the wood cutter killing the wolf and then Little Red Riding Hood rescued from the belly of the beast. Or she was simply hiding in the closet with her grandmother, in Ladybird book versions from the 20th Century. The older the story the darker it is, and both grandmother and Little Red Riding Hood fell victims to the wolf. 

One could say that there is a lot of symbolism in the story, and that the wolf represents the stranger dangers aspect warning. The wolf has been called a werewolf figure because it has humanlike characteristics but at the same time looks canine. Some folklorists think this story might be rooted in mythology, with the simplified legends of a sun goddess being consumed by the destructive wolf of doom. There is a lot of myths about giant canines chasing after sun and moon deities. Check out the wolves of Norse mythology, Hati, Skoll and Fenris, the canines of Greek myth Cadmea and Lealaps. The Chinese myth of Tiangou the ferocious dog that eats the sun.

Written by Wolf Girl Night and Rayne Belladonna

The Bell Witch

 

"Betsy Bell" by Rayne Belladonna

A strange series of creepy and paranormal events targeted a family in the 19th Century. This happened in Robertson Country in Tennessee from 1817 until 1821. They were the Bell family, of agricultural background and into farming the land. John Bell was a farmer and he relocated to Robertson County from North Carolina. In 1817, the family noticed bumps in the night, mainly sounds such as knocking, chains moving, coughing. There was even eerie noises like rats chewing on furniture, with no actual source. During this time, the Bell family saw spectral animals throughout the property. One such animal was described as having the body of a large dog but with the head of a rabbit. A year after they'd moved into the house, John Bell spoke to a neighbour called James Johnson, about what he and his family were experiencing in the house. The neighbour and his wife visited the house and noticed the paranormal activity themselves. Afterwards, the house drew a lot of attention and visitors. 

"Betsy Bell" by Rayne Belladonna

Now famous, the Bell family house was often attracting guests, who were very curious about the strange happenings. Stranger still, there was a spirit inside the house who communicated with people using a voice! More confusing still was what the spirit gave conflicting answers to questions. When people asked for the spirit's own name, the spirit mentioned being a woman named "Kate Batts." This entity turned dangerous as the Bell family were getting assaulted by the spirit Kate Batts. It targeted John and his daughter Betsy most of all. John Bell found swelling marks on his throat, while an invisible force pulled Betsy's hair. When Betsy got engaged to a man called Joshua Gardner, the spirit Kate Batts increased its violence against Betsy. Then Betsy broke the engagement to Joshua and subsequently this nasty spirit Kate Batts left Betsy alone and focused her anger on John. So Kate batts was renamed Bell's Witch and soon became The Bell Witch. Kate Batts tormented John Bell so much that he became ill and lost the will to live. John passed away on 20th December 1820. The Bell Witch admitted that it caused John's dilapidating illness!        

Thanks I hope you enjoyed reading about this spooky story. The image used here is "Betsy Bell" created by Rayne Belladonna using dress up games by Teodora Laessa.

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A missing dinosaur puzzle

 During the 1960's, a museum in Bolton, Greater Manchester there was a magnificent dinosaur on display at the main entrance. It inspired many people who visited the museum and saw it. According to the words of many who went there, this dinosaur fossil was simply enormous. A gigantic dinosaur that made children stare up at it because the size of the thing was so high. 

However, according to staff from the museum, as well as records and the museum's archives, which might even include files and photos, this giant dinosaur that had been displayed during the 1960's was never there! So this dinosaur attraction was just a figment of peoples imagination? The massive dinosaur that everyone could remember fondly when they visited Bolton museum didn't exist? So all of these people dreamt it?

What feels remarkable isn't the fact this dino display vanished into thin air but it was wiped from all records in the past too. It had never been in the museum, nothing like people could remember. I do have some theories. 

There is a famous dinosaur skeleton called Dippy the diplodocus. It's been around as a plaster replica for over a century, and travelled all over the world and journeyed across different museums. Perhaps everyone had seen Dippy in the London museum and confused it with Bolton museum. A Toujiangosaurs is a herbivore exhibit favourite in the Bolton museum. Bolton museum also features a T Rex.. as I can see photos from Trip Advisor. To see go here.   

It just might be the puzzle piece. 

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