Extra Reading Diary: Lang's European Fairy Tales I

Lang's European Fairy Tales I

I Know What I Have Learned:

• People get married to weird things in these stories
• I would never marry an underground troll or any troll at that
• Why would anyone set money down
• When her eyes turned green there were fish to be caught 
• He tried doing the same things as the trolls did, but it didnt work for him
• I didnt understand the point of this story

Troll

Source:X Index

Lovely Llonka:

• The very beginning starts off in 3rd person then changes to 1st randomly
• Why would he call a random old woman mother?
• Poor prince took the ugly old daughter with him and not his original beauty
• What a horrible lady, maybe she was ugly on the inside too
• He finally got what was originally intended to be his

The Death of the Sun-Hero:

• How weird they had the same dream 
• I wouldnt be able to stay awake for 9 days and 9 nights either
• A crab tore out his tongue? Thats kind of weird
• Well guess they should have followed their dreams...

The Giants and Herd-Boy:

• This was a good story
• I liked the ending
• Sometimes when you do something nice for others you will be rewarded 

The Voice of Death:

• Kind of a creepy title
• Makes me think of ghost 
• Lots of death in the story 
• The word mortals was used
• Reminded me of vampier

The Goats Ears of Emperor Trojan:

• He had his own barber to shave him.. how nice
• He asked the barber what he thought so he told him..Why kill him?
• He obviously can't handle the truth
• No point to the story, kind of had me lost 
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Reading Diary B: Russian Folktales

Russian Folktales

The Witch Girl:

• I fear death so I would not have gone in 
• Such a morbid story 
• I wouldnt imagine a witch wearing white 
• Some good was done by the Cossack

The Headless Princess:

• What a weird title 
• They call all old women in these stories granny
• The story was weird just like I anticipated from the title 

The Warlock:

• This 3 nights thing is repeating 
• Why would you send another daughter in law when the first one died going 
• How did he die when he was already dead?

The Fox-Physician:

• Cut a hole in the sky? Thats interesting 
• Carried the old women by his teeth, now thats some strength 
• "My old woman is smashed to pieces" it was sad but made me laugh a little, no one in these stories ever had real names 
• Poor old man :(

The Fiddler in Hell:

• Burying money made me think of old people who do not trust banks 
• Once these people die the writers still act as if they are alive
• At least he got out of hell in the end 

The Two Friends:

• How do you invite someone when they are dead
• Years passes just by drinking one drink, I feel like that when my boyfriend tells me its going to be just one more drink
• Of course the world moved on without him, it doesn't stop for anyone 

The Shroud:

• This girl reminds me of a lot of people I know 
• All the other girls knew something bad was going to happen, but lazybones had no idea 
• In the end she got what she deserved 

The Coffin-Lid:

• I would never try to go to sleep next to a grave yard much less on a grave 
• Why do they make dead people kill people in these stories 
• If he was a corpse he must not have a heart

The Two Corpses:

• How do you not know if you are dead or alive
• I am glad the solider got away
• The good guy never gets away in these stories

The Dog and the Corpse:

• How does the darkness of night surprise you? Its going to turn dark eventually 
• I am starting to think of ghost when I hear corpse just by how they are describing them 
• Id be mad too if my owner just up and left me 

The Solider and the Vampire:

• They started this story just like "The Two Corpses" 
• A lot more detail in this story
• Used a vampire instead of a corpse
• the solider got away again

Graveyard

Source:49th Shelf

Reading Diary A: Russian Folktales

Russian Folktales

The Dead Mother:

• The title is a little morbid
• Everyone always looks happy from the outside 
• Moujik weird name and the wiki didnt explain much about the exact name 
• How do they know someone opened the door and came up to the cradle without seeing anything?
• The dead mom was coming back to feed the baby, and then they baby died too
• Weird story because it shows people are always looking over us but why did the baby have to die too?

The Treasure: 

• More death in these stories
• You would think the old mans friends would want to help him since he was in poverty
• Poor man...the pope should help him 
• I wold have never of gone back to that horrible pope with money 
• That pope got what he deserved in the end!

The Bad Wife:

• Why would you want to be in a marriage so miserable 
• I would always tell the wife that I didnt want what I really wanted 
• A Demon? these stories are creepy odd
• Maybe its a Russian thing
• The bad wife is where she belongs with the demons

The Three Copecks:

• How do you work for free and live that makes no sense 
• Why would he sell the cat when he knows its not his
• Greedy people
• I did not get the point of this story at all

The Miser:

• He should have never asked for the money if he didnt want to pay it back 
• If I was the wife I would have told my husband he was crazy 
• He never got is copeck but still ended up with money 

 The Water Snake:

• The snake sounds like a teenage boy
• If I had that many snakes coming at me I would FREAKKKK
• Why would her mother do that when she said she was happy...

Water Snake

Source:Wikipedia

Friday:

• Need to explain better what mother friday is 
• I bet she will never disobey mother friday again
• I wouldnt have let her off that easy though

Wednesday:

• So now days of weeks are actual people..interesting
• I would have thought the wednesday lady was nice and only came since she called for her 
• There is no point to these stories I am realizing 

The Leshy:

• She went strolling through the forrest, and nothing else was said just that 3 years went by
• There should be some explanation before the story begins
• No explanation what a leshy is 
• Glad the girl was rescued, but where did the hut go?

Dnieper, Volga, and Dvina:

• they said used once instead of once used, not sure if that was a typo or just how they saw it 
• Poor kids
• Not sure what toiling is 
• I feel bad for the brother since his sisters left him
• No point to the story 

Emilian the Fool:

• I wish I had something like the fool did 
• The fool is unlike any other fool I've ever seen
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