Tuesday, 6 October 2020

Realistic fairy tales (part five)

 

Thumbelina

This is a story by Hans Christian Andersen, who created this character based on Tom Thumb. "Thumbelina" is a story that begins when a woman finds a baby girl born from a plant. Later at night, a wicked toad carries off the baby. Thumbelina ends up fleeing, then making friends with mice, birds, fish and a butterfly, who help her on a journey. Its a happy ending. So could you relate to Thumbelina? She is someone who feels small and insignificant. She isn't aware of her abilities although could find it. She feels in tune with nature and the hidden side of things that most people don't see. She could be shy and have some anxiety about getting lost and feeling lost.

Puss in Boots


Now do you relate to "Puss in Boots"? This is a very old story written over the centuries by different authors. It goes back to the Middle Ages. If you can identify with Puss in Boots, and aware of the story, you'll know that this is a character who is most clever and helpful. Puss in Boots helps his owner to progress and find happiness, a good reputation, stability and love. Unlike most cats, Puss in Boots have many humanlike attributes and also supernatural abilities. So if you can relate, Puss in Boots is very clever, intelligent, makes plans, careful, helpful, wise and insightful. Puss in Boots seems like someone else's guardian angel, spirit guide and mentor. A friend, reliable and like a cat in boots, quirky too! Eccentric, regarded as unusual and odd, but deep down, a remarkable cat.

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More in the project Realistic fairy tales to be posted soon...

The graphic for Thumbelina was made by me using Azalea's graphics. The image for Puss in Boots is found on the web.    

Saturday, 3 October 2020

Realistic fairy tales (part four)

 Here is Part Four of the "Realistic fairy tales" project. So if you've just wandered here and don't know what this is about, check my previous posts, and see examples I made of different fairy tale characters. I plan to make six altogether, and then do further posts on "Warrior women in fairytales" and "Villains of fairytales". If you've been reading my posts on this project, Realistic fairy tales, you may have already identified with a character so far. If not then don't worry because I intend to write more soon.

Sleeping Beauty



This story is a Charles Perrault tale about a princess who cuts her finger on a spinning wheel, and enters a very deep sleep. The sleep curse is lifted by a prince when he kisses the princess. The story is also called "Little Briar Rose". The narrative can be found in a medieval poem called Perceforest. If you like the story and think you can't identify with this sleeping beauty, I will mention her traits applied to the real world. The Sleeping Beauty doesn't feel in control, that her destiny is planned by others, and her life is static. She doesn't experience anything, as she's been isolated and forgotten. As curses go, people around her are cursed. What the sleeping princess needs, apart from her rescuer, is Experience.

The Ugly Duckling


This is a story by Hans Christian Andersen.  This is about a mother duck whose eggs hatch. All of her chicks are cute and yellow except one, that looks very different. Then this poor chick is mistreated by the others. Even the mother duck rejects him. Sadly he flees and enters a farm, and a kind lady befriends him, except her vicious cat and a nasty hen. He goes from place to place, experiencing trouble and getting bullied. Months later he turns into a beautiful swan. If you can easily identify with Ugly Duckling, remember that he's truly a swan. He couldn't fit in because of that. What the ugly duckling or baby swan needs is Confidence.

More will follow soon...
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