Roots of Lore

Animals appear often in fairy tales and folklore, and the most famous Animal as Helper is perhaps none other than our favorite booted feline, Puss in Boots (or The Master Cat). In this episode, let's start with Charles Perrault's version of "The Master Cat" to examine what this story meant in 17th century France, then we'll hear the story that inspired it, "Costantino Fortunato," and finally, explore the animal-human connection with "The Prince Who Befriended the Beasts."

 

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In this episode, we're exploring the class system of Louis XIV's France through the story of Charles Perrault's Le Petit Poucet, or Little Thumb. We'll explore how it ties to the Grimms' Hansel and Gretel and how the ogre creature evolved from the Arabic ghoul.

 

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Will you take the path of pins or the path of needles? This is the question that Little Red Riding Hood must answer not as a girl who should be wary of talking to strangers, but as a young woman entering into sexual maturity who might be the target of smooth-talking predatory men. In this episode of Roots of Lore, we're exploring the story of Little Red Riding Hood as she passed through the hands of werewolves and into the hands of Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm, plus the story of Lon Po Po, the Chinese version of Little Red Riding Hood.

 

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There are many ways to examine a story, and Charles Perrault's story of Bluebeard is a haunting one. So in this episode of Roots of Lore, we're going to look at the story from a psychological approach as well as a historical approach to see who Bluebeard could be in the time of Perrault, but also who Bluebeard might be in ourselves.

 

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What if Sleeping Beauty didn't wake up from her sleep because of a kiss? What if the story doesn't end with a marriage and happily ever after? In this episode of Roots of Lore, we're exploring Charles Perrault's Sleeping Beauty and how this story connects to the Grimms, to Italian fairy tales, and possible even Icelandic legend.

 

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In season one of the Roots of Lore podcast, we'll be diving into Charles Perrault's fairy tales: Tales and Stories of the Past with Morals: Tales of Mother Goose. So in this first episode, let's set the scene of who was Perrault? What was the world like that birthed these stories? What influences do we see a play? And how do the Grimm brothers fit into these stories?

Welcome to Roots of Lore, a podcast from Caitlin Brehm, that explores the roots of fairy tales and folklore to ponder the messages and morals they offered in times past and dig into the medicine they survived to offer us today. Join me for Season One where we'll be digging into the fairy tales of Charles Perrault.