The Snow Queen is a 2000 young-adult fantasy novel by the Canadian writer Eileen Kernaghan. It follows Gerda, a young Danish woman who sets out to rescue her childhood friend Kai from Madame Aurore, a magician known as the Snow Queen. She is joined on her journey by Ritva, a young Sámi woman born to a shamaness and a robber. The novel is based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Snow Queen" (1844), but incorporates elements of Scandinavian shamanism and influences from the Kalevala (1835), a compilation of Finnish mythology and epic poetry. It also explores feminist and matriarchal themes, reinterpreting several plot elements from Andersen's original with contemporary shifts against the background of the imaginative geography of Arctic landscapes. The Snow Queen was published by Thistledown Press and received positive reviews. It received the Aurora Award for Best Novel in 2001 and was considered for two other accolades. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Snow_Queen_%28Kernaghan_novel%29> _______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries: 1907: An earthquake registering 6.2 Mw struck Kingston, Jamaica, resulting in approximately 1,000 deaths. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1907_Kingston_earthquake> 1966: Vietnam War: United States and Australian troops ended Operation Crimp; during the military operation, troops discovered an extensive tunnel network used by the Viet Cong. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Crimp> 1978: Austrian logician Kurt Gödel, who suffered from an obsessive fear of being poisoned, died of starvation after his wife was hospitalized and unable to cook for him. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_G%C3%B6del> 2011: Arab Spring: Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled the country after several violent protests. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisian_revolution> _____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day: triumvirate: 1. (Ancient Rome, government, historical) A council of three magistrates ruling jointly; specifically, the First Triumvirate (60 or 59 – 53 B.C.E.) or the Second Triumvirate (43 – 33 or 27 B.C.E.); the office of a triumvir (“one of such magistrates”), or of the three triumviri. 2. (by extension) 3. (government) Any group of three joint rulers. 4. Any group of three people regarded as significant in some way; also (rare), a group of three things; a trio. 5. About Word of the Day 6. Nominate a word 7. Leave feedback <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/triumvirate> ___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day: Any religion or philosophy which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy. --Albert Schweitzer <https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Schweitzer> _______________________________________________ Wikipedia Daily Article mailing list. To unsubscribe write to: [email protected] Questions or comments? Contact [email protected]
