The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away.  The previously-barren woman gets her wish, but she pays with her life – and she’s happy as she goes down to the depths.  Later, the stepmother keeps the apples away from the children and uses one to trick her daughter into thinking she’s killed her brother.  While food is religious to the original mother – paying in sacrifice and gratitude for life she is given – it’s a tool to the stepmother.

(From a discussion on the Brothers Grimm’s “The Juniper Tree.”)

(Sorry about the bad sound on my end.  It’s been corrected in future episodes.)

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