Introduction!

Can't fall asleep?

Since once upon a time till this very day, children have been told the very same stories as they get into bed. These tales, spun through many mouths and ears, years and generations, never stop inspiring us, teaching us, shaping us as much as we shape them.

The thing is, when I opened up my copy of “Grimms' Fairy Tales”, I realized I only knew about ten of the fifty something tales in there.

So I decided to educate myself. Every night before I went to sleep, I began to read a couple of these tales. Each story I read left me with questions, plenty of things to ponder and wonder about. I discovered gems, tales that would tell so much, if only someone was listening.

Join me on this quest through the unknown forest, to familiar lands that have so much more to offer. Let's meet princes and soldiers, knights and dwarfs, maidens and witches. We'll discover the stories without happy endings and the heroes that don't deserve them. We can adventure into realms of endless possibilities, where the stories swept under the public radar still shine, still want to be told.

So tell them I shall.

In each post I will focus on another less known tale. I'll summarize and analyze, and welcome you to join in too. Maybe together we can make these tales known again, because most of them deserve it.

For those who are wondering, I don't have any credentials. I don't have lots of fairy tale experience, or even blog writing experience to base my musings on. All I have is a love for fairy tales, an over thinking mind, and the tales themselves in the original translations. But when it comes to these stories, do I really need anything else?