The Devil And His Grandmother

Author : Brothers Grimm
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
Page : 6 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788726590845

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The Devil and His Grandmother by Brothers Grimm Pdf

The soldiers in our story were not happy with the payment they received from the king so they deserted. Suddenly a flying dragon showed up from nowhere. He was actually the Devil himself. He was not going to kill them. Instead he offered them service for seven years. In return they were going to receive a lot of money. There was however a catch. Their souls were going to remain in the Devil’s hands unless they could solve his riddle. Will they succeed or it is absolutely meaningless to compete with the Devil? Children and adults alike, immerse yourselves into Grimm’s world of folktales and legends! Come, discover the little-known tales and treasured classics in this collection of 210 fairy tales. Brothers Grimm are probably the best-known storytellers in the world. Some of their most popular fairy tales are "Cinderella", "Beauty and the Beast" and "Little Red Riding Hood" and there is hardly anybody who has not grown up with the adventures of Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel and Snow White. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s exceptional literature legacy consists of recorded German and European folktales and legends. Their collections have been translated into all European languages in their lifetime and into every living language today.

Author : S. D. Fohr
Publisher : Sophia Perennis
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2005-03
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 1597310115

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Cinderella's Gold Slipper by S. D. Fohr Pdf

Samuel D. Fohr holds that the Grimms' tales are not just childish 'fairy tales', but are filled with spiritual symbolism, and as such have value for adults as well as children. Snow White, for example, is a story of creation and spiritual growth, and its message parallels Hindu and Judaic creation myths. Hansel and Gretel and Cinderella both portray the journey back to God. Fohr also looks at recurring themes in the stories, and answers such questions as: Why are giants always evil and dwarves always good? What is the symbolic significance of the hungry wolf who appears in many stories? Exactly what are genies, and why are they always trapped in bottles? A delightful but serious examination of cherished stories, this book reveals new meaning in familiar tales. Also included is an extensive bibliography and an Appendix on the authenticity of the Grimms' tales. The author is a professor of philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. He received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Michigan and has taught courses in both Western and Eastern Philosophy. He is the author of Adam and Eve: The Spiritual Symbolism of Genesis and Exodus, and editor of more than a dozen volumes of The Collected Works of Rene Guenon. To say that Fohr retrieves fairy tales from the nursery on the one hand, and retrieves them from mere entertainment for adults on the other, is only the start of the matter. Like Freud, Jung, and Levy-Strauss, he recognizes the wisdom folktales embody, but he goes beyond those students of myth in arguing that the authors knew what they were doing: they crafted their tales consciously. This is a courageous and cogent book that goes a long way toward revalidating a literary genre that modernity has irresponsibly trivialized. - Huston Smith, author of The World's Religions, etc.

Author : Gene Levin
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2001-06-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595189045

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The Devil's Grandmother by Gene Levin Pdf

Does romance stand a chance between the Devil's Grandmother and Vlad the Impaler, given her age (4000 years) and his tendency to skewer those who disagree with him? But first Vlad must be expelled from hell, which is fine with Satan; Vlad refuses to accept his ordained purge until he has revenged himself on the Blungers and this is unhinging the smooth running of the underworld. But his expulsion requires the Lord God's okay. Satan devises a beautiful scheme. His beloved grandmother will find happiness. Vlad will leave hell and become dean of students at Fairweather College. Vlad is to preach to the sinful students and administrators of that place. Should the students continue in their lustful and slothful ways, they will be brought down to hell en masse. If Vlad succeeds in reforming them, he will remain as Dean. Either way, Satan wins. And, to make it even more interesting, a Blunger is teaching at that very college. A Blunger of the family against whom Vlad harbors a five-hundred year old grudge! The son of the Blunger whom the Lord God ordered to lose twenty pounds, and who has instead gained eleven! What a coup for Satan to bring a Blunger down! A Blunger? Why not all of them!

Author : Ella Rodman Church
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1851
Category : American fiction
ISBN : NYPL:33433074812441

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A Grandmother's Recollections by Ella Rodman Church Pdf

At age 15 Ella meets her dignified grandmother, Amy Chesbury, who relates stories of her life from her childhood in a wealthy but distant New York family, admits that her greatest faults were vanity and curiosity, and reveals the exciting circumstances of her meeting and subsequent rescue of her future husband, Major Armstrong.

Author : Ella Rodman Church
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547341284

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A Grandmother's Recollections by Ella Rodman Church Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "A Grandmother's Recollections" by Ella Rodman Church. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Wiley Blevins
Publisher : Red Chair Press
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781643712307

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Dragon and His Grandmother by Wiley Blevins Pdf

When three soldiers leave the battle to hide in a field, a dragon rescues them...but it comes with consequences. Dragon offers them safety only if they serve him for seven years. To be set free they must answer a riddle. Will the soldiers gain their freedom, or will they be servants of the Dragon forever? This is a grim retelling of "The Devil and His Grandmother," an 1800's English tale adapted by the Brothers Grimm.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1900
Category : Folklore
ISBN : IND:30000092287477

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The Journal of American Folklore by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jacob Grimm,Wilhelm Grimm
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781400851898

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The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm by Jacob Grimm,Wilhelm Grimm Pdf

The original vision of Grimms' tales in English for the first time When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their Children's and Household Tales in 1812, followed by a second volume in 1815, they had no idea that such stories as "Rapunzel," "Hansel and Gretel," and "Cinderella" would become the most celebrated in the world. Yet few people today are familiar with the majority of tales from the two early volumes, since in the next four decades the Grimms would publish six other editions, each extensively revised in content and style. For the very first time, The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm makes available in English all 156 stories from the 1812 and 1815 editions. These narrative gems, newly translated and brought together in one beautiful book, are accompanied by sumptuous new illustrations from award-winning artist Andrea Dezsö. From "The Frog King" to "The Golden Key," wondrous worlds unfold—heroes and heroines are rewarded, weaker animals triumph over the strong, and simple bumpkins prove themselves not so simple after all. Esteemed fairy tale scholar Jack Zipes offers accessible translations that retain the spare description and engaging storytelling style of the originals. Indeed, this is what makes the tales from the 1812 and 1815 editions unique—they reflect diverse voices, rooted in oral traditions, that are absent from the Grimms' later, more embellished collections of tales. Zipes's introduction gives important historical context, and the book includes the Grimms' prefaces and notes. A delight to read, The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm presents these peerless stories to a whole new generation of readers.

Author : J.Grant Cramer
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473350960

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Danish Fairy Tales - Translated from the Danish of Svend Grundtvig by J.Grant Cramer Pdf

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author : Marie Campbell
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2000-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0820321869

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Tales from the Cloud Walking Country by Marie Campbell Pdf

Assembled here are seventy-eight stories from six of the "ballad-singingest, tale-tellingest" residents of the eastern Kentucky mountain country. Based on stories rooted in European traditions from German fairy tales to Irish hero stories to Greek myths, the tales had been handed down through generations of telling before Marie Campbell collected them in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Readers will recognize the story of Snow White in "A Stepchild That Was Treated Mighty Bad," while "Three Shirts and a Golden Finger Ring" recalls the fairy tale of the Seven Swans. "The Fellow That Married A Dozen Times" is a lively rendition of "Bluebeard." As the narrators cautioned Marie Campbell again and again, "Tale-telling is nigh about faded out in the mountain country," but Tales from the Cloud Walking Country offers a lasting record of history, cultural heritage, language, and good old-fashioned fun.

Author : Brothers Grimm,Jacob Grimm,Wilhelm Grimm
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1983-08-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385189507

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Grimms' Tales for Young and Old by Brothers Grimm,Jacob Grimm,Wilhelm Grimm Pdf

For readers of all ages, two hundred and ten tales of the Brothers Grimm, including "Cinderella," "Sleeping Beauty," "Snow White," and "Hansel and Gretel," translated by Ralph Manheim, the highly acclaimed and prize-winning translator. Manheim has rediscovered in the original German Grimms’ editions of the tales the unadorned, direct rhythm of the oral form in which they were first recorded. He has retained their ageless magic and mythology and restored the extraordinary vitality and wit, the acute perceptions of human strength and facility mirrored in the facets of these small gems. “The best modern translation of the complete Brothers Grimm.”--Choice

Author : Alexander Francis Chamberlain
Publisher : IndyPublish.com
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105037216335

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The Child and Childhood in Folk Thought by Alexander Francis Chamberlain Pdf

1896. The Child in Primitive Culture. Contents: Child-Study; The Child's Tribute to the Mother; The Child's Tribute to the Father; The Name Child; The Child in the Primitive Laboratory; The Bright Side of Child-Life: Parental Affection; Childhood the Golden Age; Children's Food; Children's Souls; Children's Flowers, Plants, and Trees; Children's Animals, Birds, etc.; Child-Life and Education in General; The Child as Member and Builder of Society; The Child as Linguist; The Child as Actor and Inventor; The Child as Poet and Musician; The Child as Teacher and Wiseacre; The Child as Judge; The Child as Oracle-Keeper and Oracle-Interpreter; The Child as Weather-Maker; The Child as Healer and Physician; The Child as Shaman and Priest; The Child as Hero, Adventurer, etc.; The Child as Fetich and Divinity; The Child as God: The Christ-Child; Proverbs, Sayings, etc., about Parents, Father and Mother; Proverbs, Sayings, etc., about the Child, Mankind, Genius; Proverbs, Sayings, etc., about Mother and Child; Proverbs, Sayings, etc., about Father and Child; Proverbs, Sayings, etc., about Childhood, Youth, and Age; and Proverbs, Sayings, etc., about the Child and Childhood.

Author : Anthony Horowitz
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007-01-11
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781101175415

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The Devil and His Boy by Anthony Horowitz Pdf

From the # 1 New York Times bestselling author of the Alex Rider series. Tom Falconer is in trouble. Pursued by the notorious criminal Ratsey, Tom soon finds himself alone and hungry on the streets of London. Luckily enough, the mysterious Dr. Mobius soon recruits Tom to play an important role in a play to be performed in front of Queen Elizabeth. Tom knows there’s something not right about Mobius, but he’s willing to take a risk in order to keep his neck out of Ratsey’s murderous hands. Little does Tom realize that Mobius’s dark secret will trap him in the middle of an international conspiracy, holding the fate of the English empire in his hands.

Author : Gianfranco Pereno
Publisher : Babelcube Inc
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781667474533

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The Devil's Canvas by Gianfranco Pereno Pdf

A distressing dream that inexorably turns into reality. The power of Caravaggio's genius merges with the great and arcane power of Magic, generating a nightmare that transcends the boundaries of Reason and Faith. A cunning and unpredictable serial killer who uses art as a tool to lure his victims into a realm where love and passion, cruelty and tenderness, seem to violently blur their boundaries. An astonishing reality where each individual is both spectator and protagonist. A prolonged terror in which Law and Justice will only clash after a harrowing final scream.

Author : Bonnie Brooks
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781664245648

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A Grandmother’s Journal by Bonnie Brooks Pdf

Through an accumulation of circumstances, God led the author, Bonnie Brooks, to trek through the Gospel of Luke, breaking up fallow ground, shovel in hand, relishing the views, amazing vistas, and journaling phrases. Born out of an encounter with the Almighty, A Grandmother’s Journal is written for the purpose of passing on a spiritual legacy to the next generation. The Journal chronicles a daily spiritual expedition into the earthly life of Jesus as viewed through the eyes of the beloved physician, Luke. Together with Brooks, stroll the dusty roads of Israel, feel the breeze and splashes of water as you sail on the Sea of Galilee in a first-century boat while encountering a storm, celebrate miracles Jesus performed no one imagined possible, and kneel at the cross on Golgotha as the sky darkens and the ground quakes. Come alone or better yet, invite others to share the journey with you. A Grandmother’s Journal explores the deeper layers of Luke’s Gospel, the longest Gospel of the Bible and the most comprehensive of the three other Gospels. As Brooks portrays various scenes in her entries, you are urged to recall people, events, and spiritual markers from your own story, your legacy, in order to pass them onto the next generation. From her heart to yours!