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leah
Unregistered User
(1/4/03 1:44:18 pm)
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fairy tale helpers
what are some examples of how magical helpers (such as in cinderella, the water of life, etc.) help heroes and heroins? what kind of advice do they usualy give? Also what are some other tales that have magical helpers?
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artsfan
Unregistered User
(1/4/03 4:30:31 pm)
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fairy tale helpers
Hello! There are many stories that contain magical beings(fairies, elves, etc) as helpers. One story is Thumbelina, in which a woman wants a child so she goes to an old fairy(or witch in some versions) for help. Characters of this type usually help humans who are in distress. In Toads and Diamonds, a young girl who is mistreated by her mother and sister is told by her mother to fetch water from a well. At the well, the girl meets an old woman( a good fairy in disguise) who asks her for a drink of water. The girl does so, and at this good deed, the fairy tells the girl that every time she speaks a diamond, ruby, or sapphire will fall from her mouth. Another example is in Sleeping Beauty, at the beginning when the queen is bathing in a pond. A frog tells her that she doesn't need to be sad because she will bear a child, which she wants so badly. But only good humans are rewarded, and the bad are punished. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask!
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cpe
Unregistered User
(1/7/03 10:13:35 pm)
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your project
hey leah, what is the project you are working on?
all best
cpe
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swood
Registered User
(1/8/03 6:11:03 am)
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Re: your project
Leah, I was always intrigued by the ineffectual drops of blood in The Goose Girl.
Sarah
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leah
Unregistered User
(1/8/03 12:58:41 pm)
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what i am workin on
im working on a new story. i recently did a retelling of the three little men in the wood, and one combining the frog prince and sleeping beauty. Now I am working on an original one. It is about a girl who saves her brothers by completing three tasks. I didn't want to copy another story i read and have her get help from animals, so i had to think of something else. I really like the way it turned out. However all three of them are unchecked. When they are done i will post them if i can. thanks for all ya'lls help!
here is the site i am workin on, it has links to my two completed stories
www.angelfire.com/wizard/...index.html
and here is a site i worked on a while ago
www.angelfire.com/ab6/leah/index.html
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Gregor9
Registered User
(1/8/03 1:39:47 pm)
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Re: what i am workin on
Leah,
You might want to look at an article in the latest IAFA Journal (most likely to show up in a library) on guide figures. The article focuses specifically on the guide figures in Lord of the Rings, but it would seem applicable to what you're doing, too--as the guides are essentially fairy tale helpers writ large.
Greg
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