Grimm Archives - Bone and Sickle

Spirits of the Corn

October 2, 2022 boneandsickle Austria, ballads, EPISODE, folk customs, folklore, Germany, Grimm, harvest, history, monsters, Noonday Witch, Rye Aunt, Scarecrows, superstition

Spirits of the corn (grain) fields from the United Kingdom to Russia have been imagined as embodiments of the harvest[…]

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Dark Fairy Tales II: Heads in a Fountain, Bones in a Bag

July 26, 2022 boneandsickle Britain, cautionary tales, children's literature, EPISODE, fairies, fairy tales, folk tales, folklore, Frau Holle, Grimm, Kind and Unkind Girls, legends, local legends

Dark fairy tale elements including floating heads and bags of bones are featured in a family of tales classified under the Aarne-Thompson[…]

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Dark Fairy Tales I: The Girl with No Hands

July 1, 2022 boneandsickle children's literature, EPISODE, fairies, fairy tales, folk tales, folklore, gore, Grimm, history, horror, literature, The Girl with No Hands

“The Girl with No Hands” is the name of a a folk-tale motif shared by a number of gruesome fairy[…]

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