Fairytale Deep Dive

Hey y'all! This week we talk about the inspiration for Disney's Tangled; the story of Rapunzel from the Brothers Grimm. Stories about maidens in towers are ancient but we start to see the version most people are familiar with pop up in Italy in the 1600's. We hope you enjoy learning about this as much as we did! Where to find us: Instagram - @ fairytaledeepdive Email - [email protected] Sources: Grimm, Jacob, and Wilhelm Grimm. “Rapunzel.” Grimm’s Complete Fairytales, Barnes & Noble Books, 1993, pp. 93–95.  Buddies, Science. “Test the Strength of Hair.” Scientific American, Scientific American, 28 Nov. 2019, www.scientificamerican.com/article/test-the-strength-of-hair/.

This week we talked about Tangled, Disney's version of Rapunzel. Most of us have seen the movie but not everyone knows that Tangled broke a lot of ground in animation and in how Disney Princess stories are told. Where to find us: Instagram - @fairytaledeepdive Email - [email protected] Sources: Conli, Roy, et al. Disney’s Tangled. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, 2010.  Graham, Bill. “SDCC 2010: Disney Animators Panel on Tangled.” Collider, 23 July 2010, collider.com/comic-con-tangled-panel-disney-byron-howard-nathan-greno-glen-keane/.  “Tangled Wiki.” Fandom, tangled.fandom.com/wiki/Tangled_Wiki. Accessed 21 Oct. 2023.  Catmull, Ed; Amy Wallace (2014). Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration. New York: Random House. p. 271. ISBN 978-0812993011.

This week we've got a special episode for y'all! We talk about the history of Friday the 13th, why Friday is a spooky day and why the number 13 is a scary number (spoiler alert, most of it has to do with Christianity). We hope you enjoy this break from our usual content in honor of spooky season! Where to find us: Instagram - @fairytaledeepdive Email - [email protected] Sources: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/thirteen-club-superstition-new-york https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1897/07/07/102522059.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1887/05/29/100914834.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 https://www.cnn.com/style/article/why-friday-13-unlucky-explained/index.html#:~:text=The%20Last%20Supper%20seemed%20to,Jesus%2C%20leading%20to%20his%20crucifixion.&text=Like%20many%20superstitions%20that%20have,precise%20origins%20of%20Friday%2013th https://www.reddit.com/r/harrypotter/comments/wbrtj4/trelawney_and_the_thirteenth_person_prediction/?rdt=46885 https://abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodResourceCenter/friday-13th-origins-phobia/story?id=11395381

In this episode we finally finish The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi and it's just as chaotic as the last episode. We're also excited to announce that we've got a new person with us! Sandra is a phenomenal addition to this podcast and we know you'll love her! Where to find us: Instagram - @fairytaledeepdive Email - [email protected] Sources: Spinner, Stephanie, et al. The Adventures of Pinocchio. Random House, 1983.

We're back! It's been a hot minute since we uploaded last, but life is chaos. We've been talking about starting up again and I recently found an old unedited recording we did about Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio, the inspiration for the Disney movie, so here it is! We're excited to end this hiatus we've been on and explore more fairytales with y'all! Sources: Spinner, Stephanie, et al. The Adventures of Pinocchio. Random House, 1983.

Hey y'all! This week's episode is all about Disney's version of Pinocchio. We didn't go as in-depth as we would've liked, but it's still a wild ride! Sources: Pinocchio. Directed by, Ben Sharpsteen & Hamilton Luske. Produced by, Walt Disney. 1940. Film

Happy Halloween! For this spooky holiday we are diving deep on a legend about a headless man in the woods. You guessed it, it’s the legend of sleepy hollow. Follow us along on this deep dive into a classic story. Sources for this episode: https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/The_Legend_of_Sleepy_Hollow https://www.history.com/news/legend-sleepy-hollow-headless-horseman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Sleepy_Hollow

Some of our finest outtakes from the first season!

This week we talked about variations of the Snow White fairytale around Europe and where the Snow White story may have originated! Sources:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White

This week we talked about Disney's inspiration, the Brother's Grimm version of Snow White! Sources:  Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales, United States of America, Barnes and Noble inc., 1993 https://www.grimmstories.com/en/grimm_fairy-tales/snow-white