[bksvol-discuss] Re: Fairy tales versus Fantasy
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 21:30:51 -0800
I agree with Ann; especially if you indicate it's for children(I think we
have a category for that; I'd say fantasy and in th comments section, if
you have such a place, you can say fairy Tales
Cindy
On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 6:45 PM, Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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