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Created on 2002-12-30 05:46:52 (#831415), last updated 2009-05-03
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Basic Info| Name: | Faery tales, Magic and Folklore |
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| Website: | Our Memories are very extensive |
| Membership: | Open |
| Posting Access: | All Members |
AboutA community for faery tales, faery creatures, myths, legends, archetypes, and anything along these lines.
Traditional and personal stories, quotes from or info about favourite faerytale authors and book reviews, pictures, fantasy art and artists, creation stories, ancient mythology, modern art derived from faerytales, and more meta-based discussions all are welcome.
There is no rule for LJ cuts except that you use reasonable judgement (particularly with things like pictures, long posts, and adult material). Advertisements for other communities are generally not welcome, but if you feel you have a relevant community to advertise, please contact![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
padaviya first.
This community has a fairly broad guideline of what is relevant, but please do not interpret this is an invitation to post whatever you feel like. Posts *must* have some sort of relevancy to the community or they will be deleted and you will be warned/removed from the community.
Please note that only members can post comments in this community. I have it set this way as a basic respect for those posting. And Brickfish posts are absolutely not welcome here.
*As a forewarning: Many fairytales (those of the Grimm Brothers come to mind) are not at all politically correct by today's standards. They can be racist, violent, and I hardly need say sexist. I don't condone any of these things, but, since this is a fairytale community, I don't censor the stories either. Please consider this before joining.
"The fairy tale journey may look like an outward trek across plains and mountains, through castles and forests, but the actual movement is inward, into the lands of the soul. The dark path of the fairy tale forest lies in the shadows of our imagination, the depths of our unconscious. To travel to the wood, to face its dangers, is to emerged transformed by this experience. Particularly for children whose world does not resemble the simplified world of television sit-coms ... this ability to travel inward, to face fear and transform it, is a skill they will use all their lives. We do children--and ourselves--a grave disservice by censoring the old tales, glossing over the darker passages and ambiguities..."
Terri Windling, "White as Snow: Fairy Tales and Fantasy," in Snow White, Blood Red
"The realm of fairy-story is wide and deep and high and filled with many things: all manner of beasts and birds are found there; shoreless seas and stars uncounted; beauty that is an enchantment, and an ever-present peril; both joy and sorrow sharp as swords. In that realm a man may, perhaps, count himself fortunate to have wandered, but its very richness and strangeness tie the tongue of the traveller who would report them. And while he is there it is dangerous for him to ask too many questions, lest the gate should be shut and the keys be lost."
-- J.R.R. Tolkien, "On Fairy-Stories," in The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays
Traditional and personal stories, quotes from or info about favourite faerytale authors and book reviews, pictures, fantasy art and artists, creation stories, ancient mythology, modern art derived from faerytales, and more meta-based discussions all are welcome.
There is no rule for LJ cuts except that you use reasonable judgement (particularly with things like pictures, long posts, and adult material). Advertisements for other communities are generally not welcome, but if you feel you have a relevant community to advertise, please contact
padaviya first. This community has a fairly broad guideline of what is relevant, but please do not interpret this is an invitation to post whatever you feel like. Posts *must* have some sort of relevancy to the community or they will be deleted and you will be warned/removed from the community.
Please note that only members can post comments in this community. I have it set this way as a basic respect for those posting. And Brickfish posts are absolutely not welcome here.
*As a forewarning: Many fairytales (those of the Grimm Brothers come to mind) are not at all politically correct by today's standards. They can be racist, violent, and I hardly need say sexist. I don't condone any of these things, but, since this is a fairytale community, I don't censor the stories either. Please consider this before joining.
"The fairy tale journey may look like an outward trek across plains and mountains, through castles and forests, but the actual movement is inward, into the lands of the soul. The dark path of the fairy tale forest lies in the shadows of our imagination, the depths of our unconscious. To travel to the wood, to face its dangers, is to emerged transformed by this experience. Particularly for children whose world does not resemble the simplified world of television sit-coms ... this ability to travel inward, to face fear and transform it, is a skill they will use all their lives. We do children--and ourselves--a grave disservice by censoring the old tales, glossing over the darker passages and ambiguities..."
Terri Windling, "White as Snow: Fairy Tales and Fantasy," in Snow White, Blood Red
"The realm of fairy-story is wide and deep and high and filled with many things: all manner of beasts and birds are found there; shoreless seas and stars uncounted; beauty that is an enchantment, and an ever-present peril; both joy and sorrow sharp as swords. In that realm a man may, perhaps, count himself fortunate to have wandered, but its very richness and strangeness tie the tongue of the traveller who would report them. And while he is there it is dangerous for him to ask too many questions, lest the gate should be shut and the keys be lost."
-- J.R.R. Tolkien, "On Fairy-Stories," in The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays
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