Category: Features

July 1, 2017

Rapunzel (Grimm’s Kinder und Hausmärchen) by The Brothers Grimm

There were once a man and a woman who had long in vain wished for a child. At length the woman hoped that God was about to grant her desire. These people had a...

June 29, 2017

How the Rabbit Lost His Tail (Fairy Tales from Brazil, 1917) by Elsie Spicer Eells

Once upon a time, ages and ages ago, the rabbit had a long tail, but the cat had none. She looked with envious eyes at the one which the rabbit had. It was exactly...

June 28, 2017

HANSEL AND GRETEL (Austria’s most popular fairy tale) by The Brothers Grimm

Hansel and Gretel Hard by a great forest dwelt a poor wood-cutter with his wife and his two children. The boy was called Hansel and the girl Gretel. He had little to bite and...

June 25, 2017

The Seafarer (Translation from OLD ENGLISH POEMS, 1918)

Today is the International Day of the Seafarer. The official purpose of the day is to give thanks to seafarers for their contribution to the world economy and the civil society; and for the risks...

June 24, 2017

Top 5 Summer Solstice and Midsummer Tales

Ever since prehistoric times summer solstice has been a day of great importance. Rituals and traditions have evolved in many countries around the day. In many European countries bonfires are lit to celebrate the...

June 24, 2017

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