[bksvol-discuss] Re: Fairy tales versus Fantasy
- From: Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 21:45:20 -0500
Hi all,
Aren't fairy tales and folk tales the roots of fantasy? Isn't The Lord
Of The Rings based in Norse and in Celtic mythology? Isn't Lloyd
Alexander's Predain Chronicle based on the Mabenogian? Aren't the
warewolves and vampires and selkes, dryads and dwarves, elves and
dragons of modern day fantasy based on the myths and legends of the
past? Is a tale about Odysseus not fantasy? Are the tales of a
trixter spider from West Africa not fantasy? Isn't Snow White a
fantasy? Grimm's tales are fantastic. they are short versions of the
sagas we read today. Yes, Judy, much of modern Day Fantasy has
elements of the saga or heroic tale in it. Little Red Riding Hood is a
fantasy. Where else do you get talking wolves? Animals don't talk in
human speech these days. At least Target doesn't do so. He's awfully
expressive, and I can usually understand Feline, but human speech, nah,
he doesn't do that.
Basic bottom line, it's fantasy. We don't have a category for folk
tales, so I'd put it in fantasy.
Ann P.
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