tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10291792973931256.post1477033717108643871..comments2024-03-28T09:00:43.893+01:00Comments on The Multicolored Diary: The strange beauty of Estonian folktales (Following folktales around the world 55. - Estonia)The Multicolored Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01144973071708552103noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10291792973931256.post-87763637260392520862020-03-14T15:41:21.684+01:002020-03-14T15:41:21.684+01:00After reading about the Mushroom King I wanted to ...After reading about the Mushroom King I wanted to check it out really bad. Now that I finally did, It was a really pleasant surprise to discover it started like Iron Hans, one of my all time favorite Grimm fairy tales. FairyTaleJunkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12399273959296881140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10291792973931256.post-60817507288122272432018-12-13T18:46:40.366+01:002018-12-13T18:46:40.366+01:00Csenge, I searched through the Hero of Estonia boo...Csenge, I searched through the Hero of Estonia book hoping to find the source of Lynn Moroney's story about Sun & Moon's custody battle over their child Earth. No luck (though I did find two sources for her Elinda Who Danced in the Sky). The stories you cite from the other Estonian book look completely different: wish I could read it in English! Did you find any Sun-Moon stories there?Fran Stallingshttp://www.franstallings.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10291792973931256.post-17332007412858238182018-01-22T23:59:30.499+01:002018-01-22T23:59:30.499+01:00The story about the Talking Flax reminded me of a ...The story about the Talking Flax reminded me of a story we used to tell at parties and sleepovers as children (sadly children's ghost stories seem to be the only living breathing part of oral story telling left at least where I come from):<br /><br />A person is in an unfamiliar location (a child visiting an estranged relative was a popular pick), whether they have to sleep in a rom with a Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16990100281865596375noreply@blogger.com