WE'RE BACK!!! This week is all about fairytales and folktales! Join us as we travel all over Europe looking at the Grimm Brothers, Yiddish folktales, and the notorious Changeling. 

Book recommendation:

Disfigured by Amanda LeDuc

Bibliography:

“Changeling | Folklore | Britannica.” Accessed July 1, 2023. https://www.britannica.com/art/changeling-folklore.

“Doctor Know-All - Grimm.” Accessed July 1, 2023. https://www.grimmstories.com/en/grimm_fairy-tales/doctor_know-all.

Fergus. “The Slaying of Bridget Cleary - Brutal Murder or a Faery Killing?” The Irish Place (blog), October 23, 2015. https://www.theirishplace.com/heritage/brutal-murder-or-a-faery-killing-the-slaying-of-bridget-cleary/.

Grimm, Jacob. Germanic Mythology. Washington, D.C.: Scott-Townsend Publishers, 1997.

Leduc, Amanda. Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space. First edition. Exploded Views. Toronto: Coach House Books, 2020.

Mac Philib, Séamas. “The Changeling (ML 5058) Irish Versions of a Migratory Legend in Their International Context.” Béaloideas 59 (1991): 121–31. https://doi.org/10.2307/20522381.

Weinreich, Beatrice, and Yivo Institute for Jewish Research, eds. Yiddish Folktales. 1st Schocken pbk. ed. Library of Yiddish Classics. New York: Schocken Books : Published in cooperation with YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, 1997.

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