Alicia Pollard introduces the show and answers the “why” questions behind this podcast:

• Why discuss fairy tale retellings?

• Why use Scripture as a lens or light for retelling fairy tales?

• Why is Alicia creating this podcast?

Includes some reflections on feminist, Marxist, Freudian, and psychological/Jungian interpretations of fairy tales; artistic strategies for retelling fairy tales; the beauty and power of the Bible; and some of Alicia’s personal reading journey with folklore.

Resources

• Angelina Stanford, House of Human Letters, "How to Read Fairy Tales" (asynchronous video course): https://houseofhumaneletters.com/product/how-to-read-fairy-tales/

• Junius Johnson Academics, literary and theological studies (synchronous video courses): https://academics.juniusjohnson.com/

• G.K. Chesterton’s chapter “The Ethics of Elfland” in his book Orthodoxy

• Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s Introduction to the second edition of their collection

• C.S. Lewis’s essay, “Sometimes Fairy Stories May Say Best What’s to be Said”

• Max Luthi’s book, The European Folktale

• George MacDonald’s essays on the imagination from his book, A Dish of Orts

• J.R.R. Tolkien’s essay, “On Fairy Stories”: where Tolkien used the term “Tree of Tales”

• Maria Tatar's The Annotated Brothers Grimm, introduction by A.S. Byatt

Music

• Intro and Outro are from “Tales from the Past” by Adam Saban

• Segment transitions are from “Tales of the Bard” by Cody Martin