-Caveat Lector-
On Sat, 21 Apr 2001, Aleisha Saba wrote:
>Liddy may have been using a code; this may be the book June had listed
>in the following item - it states the story was meant more for adults
>than children, but I remember this story when I was a child.
It's probably the same book. My mother had saved a bunch of books she
had had as a child, and all of them were very sophisticated and had
beautiful artwork. The stories were ostensibly 'fairytales', but were
hardly childish...in fact there was a strong undercurrent of sexuality
and/or death to most of them, which indeed ALL 'fairytales' had at one
time, before the Victorians decided to dumb them down for the
kiddies....
My mother was born in 1919, and most of these books of hers were bought
used at second-hand shops. My mother as a child really appreciated
books, as did my sister and me -- meaning we knew when it was appropriate
to scribble in one with crayon and when it was not...hence the books were
in pretty good condition, considering their publishing dates ranged from
the late 1800s to pre-WWI...
I wouldn't be surprised that the beautiful art in these books has led to
my present-day love of art-nouveau and art deco...
>East of the Sun and West of the Moon;
>
>Old Tales from the North, illustrated by Kay Nielsen. New York: G. H.
>Doran Company, 1922.
>
>This Norwegian fairy tale, collected and first published by Peter
>Asbjornsen in English in 1849, has a plot similar to that of "Beauty and
>the Beast."
As it states in the 2nd paragraph, these were 'tales', hence there was
more than one story, not just the one described in the next paragraph;
which is, if memory serves correctly, "The Tale of Snow White and Rose
Red". The Snow White in THIS story is definitely not Disney's version.
In this story, Snow White and Rose Red are sisters who live deep in the
forest. I believe their father is a woodcutter, and there's no mother
mentioned. For some reason Dad isn't around, leaving the 2 young,
beautiful maidens alone in deep winter. For some other reason a big,
talking bear comes on the scene, and the 2 maidens have to take him in
and care for him (he has some sort of injury).
Of course the girls are very frightened of this bear, but begrudgingly
come to give him cautious trust. For some reason the bear elicits a
promise from one of the sisters, I think that they have to invite him in
and treat him like an honored guest whenever he shows up. It's been
decades since I read the story, so I don't know why the girls couldn't go
and tell someone that there's theis strange talking bear who basically
blackmailed them, but I DO remember that there was something very ominous
and frightening about the bear (more so than just being a bear), who at
the same time was charming and compelling.
Anyway, one of the sisters eventually falls in love with the bear, and
when she freely declares her love and willingness to go away with the
bear and live with him for eternity, the bear transforms into a prince,
who had been enchanted into a bear by an evil spell, which could only be
broken when the love of a maiden was given to him fully of her own free
will...
As I said, these stories had vast undertones of death, sensuality and
sexuality...
>Kay Nielsen (1886-1957) illustrated the story in an art
>nouveau style which, while atmospheric and evocative, is aimed more at
>adult readers than children.
Only for those who insist on dumbing down literature and art for the
kiddies....
June
*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*
It is UNLAWFUL to send unsolicited commercial email to this email
address per United States Code Title 47 Sec. 227. I assess a fee of
$500.00 US currency for reading and deleting such unsolicited commercial
email. Sending such email to this address denotes acceptance of these
terms. My posting messages to Usenet neither grants consent to receive
unsolicited commercial email nor is intended to solicit commercial
email.
*========================================================================*
<A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A>
DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER
==========
CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic
screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are
sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis-
directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with
major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought.
That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and
always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no
credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply.
Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector.
========================================================================
Archives Available at:
http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html
<A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of
[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A>
http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
<A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A>
========================================================================
To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email:
SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email:
SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Om
