tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577067803721337165.post7100995025579056742..comments2023-08-12T15:11:08.612+01:00Comments on Snapper and the Griffin: Griffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03863034333159354009noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577067803721337165.post-83311994667387522752008-04-11T20:21:00.000+01:002008-04-11T20:21:00.000+01:00All well said comments and such but being much les...All well said comments and such but being much less cerebral today I just want to find out if you have any of that butter left for my friends lawyer? Hehe >=)Marileehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07630833061772856554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577067803721337165.post-78971707432845384142008-04-07T10:15:00.000+01:002008-04-07T10:15:00.000+01:00These were in a cakeshop in Plateau d'Assy. I boug...These were in a cakeshop in Plateau d'Assy. I bought some to give our hostess. They were delicious ~ she shared!madameshawshankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07209343417985635423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577067803721337165.post-31402326441223963452008-04-04T19:13:00.000+01:002008-04-04T19:13:00.000+01:00Rosemary,I am also a big Rackham and Dulac fan! Bu...Rosemary,<BR/><BR/>I am also a big Rackham and Dulac fan! But Victorian painters like John Anster Fitzgerald and others gave the fairies the shape we recognise today - pretty young women with wings. Rackham and Dulac did the same to be fair, but that is not what the faeries are like in the literature. Peg Powler and Jenny Greenteeth, Yallery Brown and the like were just trouble.<BR/><BR/>Diane Purkiss, in her book 'Troublesome Things' a history of fairies and fairy tales suggests that the faeries live on the borders of what we know. These days, aliens are the new fairies. But what I like about the faeries is their connection to the land and it's history and old folk traditions.<BR/><BR/>Christina Rossetti's poem Goblin Market does give the fair folk back their menacing edge, one of the few 19th century writers who does. <BR/><BR/>Framboise et rose... sigh, what a wonderful combination!<BR/><BR/>All that food will make you burst. On the weekend you'll have to curl up like a cat and just digest.Griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863034333159354009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577067803721337165.post-77289846114630267232008-04-04T18:03:00.000+01:002008-04-04T18:03:00.000+01:00I want some of that cheese....... I wonder what I...I want some of that cheese....... I wonder what I'll do after eating a serving of them - become a changeling... What a novel idea.<BR/><BR/>Feasting is what I've been doing every morning. What to do on weekends???? Oh, that would just make Mondays be a day worth looking forward to.<BR/><BR/>Madame, keep the floodgates open. It is such a joy to read youir posts.framboise_et_rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15575997089459054423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577067803721337165.post-20042272571262531342008-04-04T17:17:00.000+01:002008-04-04T17:17:00.000+01:00Madame & Griffin, thank you. "Fairies could eithe...Madame & Griffin, thank you. "Fairies could either be good or evil" explains a lot. I suppose, like Superman, Batman, even Mr. Spock, I want these creatures to have behaviors and motives that I can count on, so tales about them will be meaningful. (Superman can be harmed by Kryptonite--if in one episode he can ignore it, it would cheapen the story, yes?)<BR/>Griffin, I was influenced here by the illustrations of Arthur Rackham--fairies and the infant Peter Pan--can't imagine any ugliness! <BR/>Madame shouldn't promise to close floodgates when those spillways/sluices/streams may be quite controlled by...floodgate fairies!Rosemary in Utahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00368563504158928668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577067803721337165.post-23925085399144671392008-04-04T15:44:00.000+01:002008-04-04T15:44:00.000+01:00Rosemary,The fairies are always capricious, but al...Rosemary,<BR/><BR/>The fairies are always capricious, but also highly dangerous. The Victorians sanitised them for kid's consumption to take away their 'sting'. But I like the fact that they have a dangerous edge - they should have. <BR/><BR/>The idea here was in the opposites, so burglars returning what they took, lawyers telling the truth ;)<BR/>and babies who are mostly just too cute for words are ugly and troublesome - possibly like changelings...!Griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863034333159354009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577067803721337165.post-21902987736477463662008-04-04T04:13:00.000+01:002008-04-04T04:13:00.000+01:00I promise no more floodgates of posting...couldn't...I promise no more floodgates of posting...couldn't help maself...again I promise promise promisemadameshawshankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13549877081862882527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577067803721337165.post-16101201814205114262008-04-04T04:12:00.000+01:002008-04-04T04:12:00.000+01:00utah damsel...perhaps there aren't rules..and that...utah damsel...perhaps there aren't rules..and that's why it's a tad tricky dealing with faeries..as for the making babies ugly...in life stuff happens...'n if one has a sense of just that..that life happens...including the idea that faeries could make babies ugly...well..imagination is all methinks..here's a little (I know you speed read:-)) info to get you going:<BR/>Definition of faeries<BR/>Faerie : from the Latin term for "fate" (fata), faeries (or fairies) are a "host of supernatural beings and spirits who occupy a limbo between earth and heaven" (Guiley). This is in recognition of the skill faeries had in predicting and even controlling human destiny. Faeries could be either good or evil creatures, and at various points in history have been confused with witches and demons<BR/><BR/>Fay or fey is the archaic term for faerie meaning bewitched or enchanted. This word derives from 'Fays' meaning Fates, and thought to be a broken form of Fatae. 'Fay-erie' was first a state of enchantment or glamour, and was only later used for the fays who wielded those powers of illusion. The state of enchantment is fayerie, which became fairy and faerie. <BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>Other terms :<BR/><BR/>Fair Folk is a welsh name, often used in litterature and in scandinavian myths. <BR/><BR/>Good Neighbours is from Scotland. It had its origin in a desire to give no unnecessary offense. The `folk' might be listening, and were pleased when people spoke well of them, and angry when spoken of slightingly. The same feeling made the Irish Celt call them `honest folk' (Daoine Coire) or `good people' (Daoine Matha).<BR/><BR/>The Green Children was used in medieval litterature and versions of it is often used in modern Fantasy litterature.This theme has many variations like Greenies, Greencoaties and others. <BR/><BR/>The Old People refers as Faerie lived on earthlong before Mankind. <BR/><BR/>The Silent People (the people of peace, the still folk, or silently-moving people) comes from the Irish and Scottish Gaelic, the sith people. The name sith refers to `peace' or silence of Airy motion, as contrasted with the stir and noise accompanying the movements and actions of men. The Fairies come and go with noiseless steps, and their thefts or abductions are done silently and unawares to men. <BR/><BR/> Elf (ves) means also faerie and derived from the word alfarfrom the Nordic and Teutonic languages which is associated with mountains and water. This clearly illustrates the close relationship between faeries and the earth.madameshawshankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13549877081862882527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577067803721337165.post-52778834351769293042008-04-04T04:00:00.000+01:002008-04-04T04:00:00.000+01:00Now, how can one know "the rules" when dealing wit...Now, how can one know "the rules" when dealing with fairies? That they don't like iron, their moods change quickly, etc.<BR/>And why would they use their powers to make babies ugly?Rosemary in Utahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00368563504158928668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577067803721337165.post-81698504148842724152008-04-04T03:38:00.000+01:002008-04-04T03:38:00.000+01:00barbara, isn't there an Italian cake with either b...barbara, isn't there an Italian cake with either breast or nipple in the name...gotta be Italian:-)<BR/><BR/>'n the readers quietly nibble on meringue and chocolate and rejoice at storytelling...madameshawshankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13549877081862882527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577067803721337165.post-36018666718605189782008-04-04T02:59:00.000+01:002008-04-04T02:59:00.000+01:00That photo reminds me of hte cheese we saw in Spai...That photo reminds me of hte cheese we saw in Spain called Tetilla. It was the shape of a woman's breast.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15074005234609879061noreply@blogger.com