But they’re not the only ones who you know about even if you don’t know you know them. ONCE upon a time there was a blacksmith named John. OF COURSE we’re going to find the bitching in the pudding (by the way, the story behind Jack Horner is kind of cool)…but don’t let us ruin a perfectly amazing opportunity to crack open your favorite Beauty and the Beast illustrated book and read it to a loved one (including yourself) if you’re so inclined. The official version is that the fairy tale The Smith and the Devil is of European origin. The Smith and the Devil has a simple plot. Don’t mind us.

You go Elsa and Anna! Speaking of grim, those brothers are the ones mainly responsible for the rest of the world learning about Little Snow White, The Golden Goose, Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel, Cinderella, The Brave Little Tailor, The Pied Piper, and Rumplestiltskin.

But beyond just moralizing opportunities, the tales were a snapshot of the social norms of the day. Unique Viking Age Runestone With A Cross And Animal Biting Its Own Tail Discovered By Farmer In Sweden, Zagros Mountains: Home To Tribes, Kingdoms And Empires For Thousands Of Years, Dian Cécht – Jealous Celtic Healer Who Cured Many But Killed His Own Son, Basajaun: Giant Blacksmith, ‘Lord Of The Woods’ And How People Learned Secrets Of Agriculture. Don’t even get us started on how all the happy-ending purty la la renditions have caused a whole generation of people to expect unrealistic life arcs. endobj John Smith and the Devil A Southern Appalachian Folk Tale as told by Alan Longmire. Illustration for the folk tale The Smith and the Devil, ink drawing, 1916. DO YOU??) Why Was The Inca Empire So Powerful And Well-Organized? %PDF-1.5 Have we mentioned we’re getting older and hormonal? <> Copper: First Metal Used By Ancient Man More Than 10,000 Years Ago, Ancient Greek Myth Reveals The Olympic Games Were Founded By A Cheater. <>/XObject<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 595.32 841.92] /Contents 5 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 1>> Interesting side-note: according to this article History of Fairytales, by Susie McGee, the oral origins of the stories made famous by male authors like the Grimms, Hans Christian Andersen, and Charles Perrault, “[go] back much further than the 17th century, and many of these stories are actually just retellings of age-old tales, many created by women and retold throughout history” and “women typically created fairy tales with a distinct purpose in mind-to protest the societal constraints that were placed upon them and to emphasis their own rights as women in a man’s world.”. Let’s all d’awwww together. Happy Tuesday and Happy National Tell a Fairytale Day!! The Smith and the Devil; The Smith and the Devil. Mm-hmm. �-�$��k�둔��٤TIy��\���`1�mA�K+� ���3q5t3J�Um#Z:��N�26��m-S�b��T�/At�S�ewFn�$M�E �� ��~�N•1M��D8l�uZ ������Uz���f1��g͝���:�C>���D�)!v�c]�gdL�$����זn=����?�mR�Jߦ���|�1_�d�/S.N���~a��:MJ�5�p����B�Mޢ���A��i�mi��mL4ّ��Wr��4p��ӳ%%��$��L�\���U(��i� ���F��� ���8��������Jթg�^�_�4��c���-3O�5��G��%4j��\��¥4yRf�B�֏�)�M ���×2���G�h�ڲ-�Xl���5�eI,1`� '�*/+��4���p/�i��WY^����u�*�jXU=:�!#g&�:β�-���=Әe%�Q�V�Z�V�`��ƅ#+ӄ�����B�`H����|IVOg�V�GGb�!F�-Y8�:\ei�T�# �����

Sinister characters converge around a young man devoted to protecting those he loves in a postwar backwoods town teeming with corruption and brutality. We ARE glad certain huge movie makers are creating better female characters who are heroic, brave, and can save their own hide and a couple other people’s as well. The smith uses his tongs again, but does not let go until the devil shares more secrets of furnace and forge, also promising never to bother any family who hangs one of the smith’s horse-shoes above the door of their abode. Of all these ancient tales, researches have been able to determine The Smith and the Devil is the world’s oldest fairy tale known to us. Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - A long time ago, people in Asia Minor started to tell a fairy tale we today know as The Smith and the Devil. And they don’t necessarily have to marry anyone in the end either. AND mugly. Mostly the takeaway is we’re REALLY glad we’re 21st century women and that our kids have no idea how great their lives are. Because truth…mugly truth that is…be told, we’re suckers for happily ever after, so bring on the sanitized versions dear friends.

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