Grimm Fairy Tales to enchant First Friday

Lindsey Adkison, The Brunswick News, Ga.
Updated ·8 min read

Sep. 25—"It is easy to observe that the custom of storytelling has stuck only where poetry has enjoyed a lively reception. And where the imagination has not been obliterated by the perversities of life." — Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

It may well be that stories are the very thread that binds the fabric of humanity. From "The Iliad" of the ancient Greeks to "Harry Potter" of modern day, the world has hungered for heroes and villains, falls in fortune and radical redemptions. And the place where this is most easily found is in the myths of folklore and fairy tales. These fantastical fictions seek to right wrongs and to make sense of the inexplicable.

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