What is it that we like fairy tales so much? Why do they draw us towards them so strongly? Why do we constantly recreate and reimagine fairy tales?
Is it because we like having stories to relate to? Is it because we wish for a place to escape, at least for a little while? Where did these stories come from? How many times have these tales been remade before they have reached our ears?
Because, you know, Disney's Beauty and the Beast wasn't the original tale. And out of the millions of versions of the Cinderella stories that exist, which was the first? How important is this really?
I believe that it's a vital part of our life and of fairy tales themselves to continually be recreated.
For, how else would we continue learning?
*On a side note, as I have been very excited about Disney's new Beauty and the Beast movie, I have kind of written very many posts on Beauty and the Beast. Here's a list:
- Books: Fairy Tales: What's Your Favorite Fairy Tale?
- Books: Fairy Tales: Hans My Hedgehog, or the Compilation of Tales Based on and Similar to the Greek Tale of Cupid and Psyche Part One
- Books: Fairy Tales: Hans My Hedgehog, or the Compilation of Tales Based on and Similar to the Greek Tale of Cupid and Psyche Part Two
- On My Mind: Beauty and the Beast
- Mental Library: Lenses: Feminism (Someone I know mentioned that Scarlet contains traces of Beauty and the Beast.)
Spruce Nogard
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