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The Pied Piper of Hamelin on Ratcatcher’s Day

I didn’t think Ratcatcher’s Day would be the thing that would prompt me to write another blog post for Hag Stone Journal. But, Der Rattenfänger von Hameln brings together German folklore, Grimm fairytales, missing children, and one of the three animals that students are allowed to bring to Hogwarts their first year. So, of course it […]

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June 26, 2019 By Heather Gray Tagged With: children, fairy tale, folklore, Germany, Legend, rats

Little Red Riding Hood – Magic

An excerpt from issue 30 of Hag Stone Journal: In some versions of Little Red Riding Hood, Red’s encounter with the wolf is so transformative that she becomes a werewolf– a human that transforms into a wolf, or a human-wolf hybrid. In some stories, Little Red escapes the wolf, kills it, and trades in her […]

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April 16, 2019 By Heather Gray Tagged With: fairy tale, full moon, Little Red Riding Hood, magic, ritual, transformation, Werewolf, Wolf

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