In very many traditional fairy tales, the principal evil-doer is a woman, who eventually meets with a gruesome death. This reeks of the witch hunts, if you ask me. frown

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Here in Scandinavia, we had the brilliant story-telling Dane, H.C. Andersen.

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It was Andersen who originally wrote the fairy tale about the little mermaid. But Andersen's original is just so sad! frown The little mermaid saves the prince's life and falls in love with him, and in order to have a chance to be with him, she sacrifices her voice so that she can have a pair of legs instead and be able to walk on land. But she can't tell the prince what she has done for him, and he just doesn't understand at all... he doesn't care about her... goofy Okay, here it is:

Little Red Riding Hood

Anyway, it sure is a fascinating story.

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Ann