Bone And Sickle

Dark fairy tale elements including floating heads and bags of bones are featured in a family of tales classified under the Aarne-Thompson system as Type 480, “Kind and Unkind Girls.”  Imaginative punishments and rewards for the kind and unkind characters in question are a further interesting element.  The girls in these tales are always sisters or stepsisters, and … Read More Read More The post Dark Fairy Tales II: Heads in a Fountain, Bones in a Bag appeared first on Bone and Sickle.