Maria Tatar Archives - Cathrin Hagey https://www.cathrinhagey.com/tag/maria-tatar/ Author and Blogger Sat, 05 Jul 2025 16:12:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 67173325 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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]]> 5670 Frogs in Fairy Tales https://www.cathrinhagey.com/frogs-in-fairy-tales/ Thu, 09 Jul 2020 15:35:07 +0000 https://www.cathrinhagey.com/?p=4828 Frogs have world-wide significance as symbols of metamorphosis. It isn't exactly a gigantic leap to imagine one becoming a human being.

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]]> 4828 Primal Questions, Uneasy Answers https://www.cathrinhagey.com/primal-questions-uneasy-answers/ Sun, 20 Jul 2014 22:20:53 +0000 https://www.cathrinhagey.com/?p=3224 Fairy tale author and scholar Kate Bernheimer on “Surviving An Adult World in Fairy Tales, and Real Life.”

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