tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post8050415847492592939..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Fairy TalesAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-37664180344046129242014-03-06T13:01:41.164-05:002014-03-06T13:01:41.164-05:00I mentioned to a friend the old rap against opera ...I mentioned to a friend the old rap against opera that the only plot was "the tenor and the soprano are in love, but the baritone screws it up." He objected that I was describing only Italian opera; German opera was full of interesting female characters.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-59273742449075256832014-03-01T22:46:24.022-05:002014-03-01T22:46:24.022-05:00A page in a google book: The Greenwald Encycloped...<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=Jdx2fhPM1XIC&pg=PA197&lpg=PA197&dq=chinese+folk+tales+heroine&source=bl&ots=BuhVtuQY_e&sig=TkqIx0eAOJNKzwxjg8SLbRfoRB4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=l5ASU_HMNYmqyQHLn4F4&ved=0CD0Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=chinese%20folk%20tales%20heroine&f=false" rel="nofollow">A page in a google book: The Greenwald Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales</a>. I'm not very familiar with Chinese folk tales, but your observation seems to hold mostly true with the African ones I remember. Some collections are recent and may have other literary influences.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-27139593009936528962014-03-01T10:31:19.636-05:002014-03-01T10:31:19.636-05:00I'll link this to my post of changelings. This...I'll link this to my post of changelings. This could be an interesting branch of HBD, (maybe it already is and I've missed it).<br /><br />Academics love to talk about how folklorists of early 1900s "constructed" national character using these tales. But it seems pretty obvious that themes vary in predictable ways and that it's just another proof that as HBD Chick would say, different peoples are different. Our stories are just expressions of how we think. <br /><br />It would be interesting to look at the geographical distribution of different types of folktales. I know there is data on this but no online it seems. I'm sure those maps would match other maps of social, cultural and genetic factors.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-9973425763144401122014-02-28T20:45:59.104-05:002014-02-28T20:45:59.104-05:00I liked Frozen. I'm waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
over th...I liked Frozen. I'm waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay<br />over the demo for it. But, Tangled. Loved it! The horse sold me! Never saw Brave or TPATF. Kinda like to see that one.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.com