Fairy Tales Archives - Cathrin Hagey https://www.cathrinhagey.com/tag/fairy-tales/ Author and Blogger Sat, 21 Mar 2026 22:50:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 67173325 Beast https://www.cathrinhagey.com/beast/ Sun, 28 Sep 2025 21:35:31 +0000 https://www.cathrinhagey.com/?p=5816 The infantilization of bears and other wildlife has influenced modern re-tellings of fairy tales.

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]]> 5816 Passports https://www.cathrinhagey.com/passports/ Sun, 10 Aug 2025 17:59:08 +0000 https://www.cathrinhagey.com/?p=5771 The sense of loss on waking drove me to check that my actual Canadian passport was safe—it was. Then I began to wonder about the deeper hold such objects have on us.

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]]> 5771 An Interview with Katherine Langrish:  Author and Folklorist https://www.cathrinhagey.com/an-interview-with-katherine-langrish-author-and-folklorist/ Thu, 10 Jul 2025 01:12:33 +0000 https://www.cathrinhagey.com/?p=5735 Since 2009, Katherine Langrish has been the creator of the outstanding blog Seven Miles of Steel Thistles where she shares her thoughts and fascinating anecdotes related to her literary and folkloric interests.

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]]> 5735 Red Shoes https://www.cathrinhagey.com/red-shoes/ Sat, 21 Jun 2025 17:09:17 +0000 https://www.cathrinhagey.com/?p=5670 Karen’s punishment, for what has become her overwhelming obsession, is to dance without stopping, until she finally begs an executioner to chop off her feet. The red shoes, with Karen’s bloody feet trapped inside, dance on.

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