The last entry about wanting to know a movie title reminded me of a movie I saw when I was little. Live, not animated. There's something about a little girl who loves this mirror in her house. It turns out that there are several berries taped to its back and, using them, she passes through the mirror (while her parents are having a party, I think). At one point she's captured by monsters. She's in a tent-like cage and will be lowered into boiling water by the villians. Two of her "imaginary" friends appear ("Bella" and "Donna", ha ha) and take her place. It may have the word "mirror" in the title.

Hello.

I'm looking for a specific princess movie that I used to watch when I was a child. If you know what I'm talking about PLEASE PLEASE let me know!

Okay so in the movie there's a little princes, she wears pink and her godmother (or whoever it is) gives her a ring which has a shiny string attached to it which leads her where she needs to go. The godmother (or whoever it is) is in a closet with feathers and she wears all white. I think there might be trolls. And I'm pretty sure it's not Disney but I thought I would post this here, just in case!

Please help! I'm desperate!

Announcing Aetherica 2009 – A Fantasy Convention

We are proud to announce Aetherica, a new fantasy convention to take place in Chester, England on the weekend of June 19th – 21st, 2009.

The Crowne Plaza Hotel in the centre of Chester will play host to a weekend of diverse fantasy-themed programming, ranging from presentations and panels to craft workshops and team building activities. Just as fantasy ranges from fairy tales to complex epics, So Aetherica will offer everything from in-depth literary analysis to whimsical games.

Guests of honour include Peter Beagle, a superb author best known for his novel, The Last Unicorn who has been described as “America’s greatest living fantasist,” and Joe Abercrombie, a critically acclaimed new talent whose books have been labelled as “edgy”, “humorous” and “compelling, with a gritty, real-life feel.”

Join us at midsummer 2009, and spend a weekend celebrating all that is magical.

Current membership rates are:
Adults: £35 (until November 16th 2008)
Juniors (5-18): £25
Infants (under 5): £5
Please see our website (Aetherica FAQ) for more details on the rates and price rises.

For more information about the convention, to join or to book a hotel room, see Aetherica.org

Media Enquires: Wednesday Jones
Publicity@aetherica.org

One of the great religious cliches of the Christian tradition is the image of St. Peter waiting at the gates of heaven to direct the soul of the dead to the appropriate final destination. But how many of us know St. Peter is just the Christian version of an almost universal spiritual/mythic tradition, the psychopomp?....[to see the complete essay, go to Jewish Myth, Magic, and Mysticism, http://www.ejmmm2007.blogspot.com

I'm thinking of doing an independent study (at the Masters level) on satirical speculative fiction. I've already come up with some ideas (Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle and possibly Galapagos,; something by Pratchett, probably a few books from the Death arc and the first Witches arc, maybe Strata or Small Gods; one or more of Adams' Hitchhiker's books). However, I'm not sure if I can get away with studying only three authors in my top five. I'm sure I'll be expected to branch out and survey more writers.

So, my question is, do you know of any works that are satirical and speculative fiction? I would really appreciate any recommendations.

I thought some of you would enjoy this.

http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/080211-fairytales-science.html

Hi! Do you keep a Reading or Book Live Journal? Would you like to meet other people who do, in order to make new LJ Friends, and discuss literature, or share common interests? Check out addmy_readinglj in order to do so! (:

 From my own experiences I believe writers and artists are guided or influenced by a higher power. I think we are the ultimate creators. Does that mean if we believe in fairies we create the environment, realm, dimension, or reality for fairies to be alive, nurtered by the energy of our overactive imaginations ... or, are fairies real, and enlightened, 'gifted', perhaps crazy people can see and communicate with these angelic fireflies of light, guardians and groundskeepers for secret gardens of enchantment.
Occassionally I have seen a golden light, a lost star dancing in the corner of my vision. From the light delicate hands trailing sparkling white light encourage me to to look. Turning, soft blue eyes, smoky sapphires hold my attention for the briefest of moments. The figure is tiny and always dressed in shimmering whites. For a moment I'm looking through her, its eyes, lenses made from the clearest spring water, rainbow hues of energy, whirly-winds of light softening the edges of my lived in home. I blink and the figure is gone and my faithful browns are back.
From my development as a medium and a healer the energy around me is 'different', but what am I seeing? It is not a visiting spirit, guide, or what I describe as an angel, but it is 'something' ... real? 

 This is hi from a new member. I will upload a user pic when I know what I am doing. I love reading and writing. I love fantasy art. I'm a medium and a healer and I've had lots of  'real life' experiences through meditation with winged horses, fairies, dragons, and other 'creatures'. I'll share if people are interested, but I'm asking because I don't want to come across like I'm pushing what I believe. I only want to share my experience. I joined LJ for a platform for what I want to do in the future. I've joined this group because I believe fairies, dragons and other fantasy creatures are real, 'somewhere'. My experiences only strengthen my belief. Anyway, cheers, and hello.
Simon.

After seeing book_maeven's post, I remembered this site. Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts It's been useful and fun research, for both personal projects and research next semester.

You guys might find this site interesting:  http://www.mythfolklore.net/3043mythfolklore/index.html

It's the course materials for Mythology and Folklore at the University of Oklahoma, taught by Laura Gibbs.  All of the information is set up to be open to the public, and it can be really interesting to browse through the pictures and links, although they are sometimes difficult to get to.

Who here was told fairy tales to terrorize them into behaving as a child? My parents or babysitter never did this to me BUT...

Our neighbors across the street have two young daughters (one is about two and a half years old, the other is about eight months). Both the parents read a lot and have unloaded some books onto me when they needed space. One day a year or so ago I was talking with the mother ("J") and she said asked if they could maybe use me as a babysitter sometime. (This hasn't happened, as they have many relatives in the area.) I said yes, "but don't be surprised if I tell your kids the original Grimm's fairy tales."

J. tells me, "Oh, I'm fine with that. We have a book of them upstairs."

I love my neighbors.

Hi, everyone. I was browsing interests on LJ and found this community. Being a fairy-tale junkie, I paused for two seconds at the most before clicking "join this community."

I'm currently an undergraduate with anthropology as a minor, so it's always entertaining thinking about fairy tales and myth in that context. I don't think I have a favorite fairy tale; I love them all!

 Hello -- I'm brand new to LiveJournal, and I thought I'd join this group.  It seems closest in spirit to what I'm doing on my journal page.

I set up this LiveJournal account to post my stories so that friends of mine, who I might not see often enough, can read them.  They're not exactly fairy tales or fantasy, because they're really the building blocks of my own invented mythology.  Some of them have roots in actual, historical mythology, but they're just as rooted in my own art and dreams and that type of thing.  

Anyway.  I look forward to exploring LiveJournal and your community on it, at least until I get bored and forget my password. 

Thanks!

New member!

Although it doesn't seem like a very popular community, I had to join! I'm a huge fan of folk lore and children's literature, in general.

Random Question:
I'm contemplating a tattoo having to do with Peter Pan. It might be a long shot, but does anyone have a suggestion? I'm, open to either a quote or a small picture (not my whole back, thank you very much). I'm shying away from Disney-esque stuff. Tell me your thoughts!

Another one of my stories.

( She Moved Through the Fair )

I thought I might post a few more of the stories I have written for those intested.

( Changelings )

I wrote this story yesterday and thought I would share. It is a story based on the tale/ballad called "The Twa Sisters" it is an old English ballad that has also been written down as a story. It can be found amoung Child's Ballads. Francis James Child collected a long list of old ballads that had been passed down orally throughout the years. He compiled the list and published them in the book "The English and Scottish Popular Ballads" between the years of 1882 and 1898.

This story and its portrayal of death is not based on what I believe of death, I wrote it this way to portray a different side of the story. The song is not mine but belongs to the ballad and the tale.

( The Two Sisters )

This is a variation of Snow White, I wrote it after reading a few articles on Snow White from the Endicott Journal.

( Snow )

Here is the first of the fairy tale variations I have written.

( Little Red )