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Topics: Fairy tales
Giving Thanks, Despite . . .
Are there stories in the speculative genres that show thanksgiving as a desired end?
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Rebecca LuElla Miller
Love Transforms the Beloved in ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Stories
This fairy tale famously shows true beauty conquering a beastly form, but the original story worked a little differently.
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Elijah David
There and Beowulf Again: Providence and Plot in Tolkienâs Hobbit
Beowulf is known as a pagan myth, but it was penned by a Christian writer. The Hobbit borrows from Beowulf and shows how Tolkien used mythology to show forth Christian truths.
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Anthony G. Cirilla
Seven Ways to Deal With the Problem Magic Poses Christian Fantasy Writers
What is really is the problem with magic according to the Bible? How (and why) can Christian fantasy writers deal with this problem when creating stories?
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Travis Perry
Four Classes
This collection of fairy tales is admirably broad-minded in its inspiration, drawing from Scripture and history and legend.
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Shannon McDermott
Children Don’t Need Magic: A Response to Joshua Gibbs
Magic is fun in fiction, but children don’t actually need magic to experience the awe of the Creator.
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Mark Carver
Secularists (and Some Conservatives) Must Learn to Dance with Fairy Tales
It’s not just legalistic Christians who condemn princesses Cinderella, Rapunzel, or Elsa.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Monsters and the Heroes Who Fight Them
Thriller novelist Randall Allen Dunn: “Heroes who fight monsters will stop at nothing. Thatâs why I love them.”
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Randall Allen Dunn
C.S. Lewis Redeemed Myths, and So Should We
Redemption of myths fulfills the Bible’s command to “take every thought captive.”
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Elijah David
Everything’s A Copy Of A Copy Of A Copy…
I like having no idea what’s coming next, but with retellings, I know that this or that villain is going to make an appearance, though they will undoubtedly be different than how Disney imagined, and if it’s a fictional biography, I know that this or that key event will take place in their life, because I already know some of the story.
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Mark Carver
Fiction Friday – Rebel By R. J. Anderson
Rebel (Enclave Publishing) No Ordinary Fairy Tale Book 2 By R. J. Anderson Introduction The last time Timothy broke a rule, he got suspended. But when he defies the faery empress, it might well get him killed. Timothy Sinclair doesnât […]
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Rebecca LuElla Miller
Once Upon A Time: If We Tune In
A concise yet biased summary of the last half-season of
Once Upon A Time
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Shannon McDermott
Should Stories Always End Well?
âAnd they lived happily ever after.â Everyone knows that phrase. The standard line resounds through numerous stories, wrapping the taleâs end in a sparkly, feel-good bow and sending the characters off to a blissful life of painless euphoria. But, to […]
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Zac Totah
The True Form Of Fairy-Tale
J. R. R. Tolkien appealed to reality in justifying joy in fairy stories. It’s revealing as to what he thought of fairy tales â and of reality.
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Shannon McDermott
Why Materialist Magicians and Sour Stepmothers Are Cruel To âCinderellaâ
Some âchild expertsâ and critics refuse to believe fairy tales can sing, and insist they fit into a narrow-waisted agenda.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Wizards, Witches, and The Bible
Can fantasy magic be of God?
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R. L. Copple
The Facts Are These…
I find it interesting that at the heart of this whimsical modern-day fairy tale is the concept of resurrection.
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John Otte
Dragons, Maleficent, and Echoes Of Groaning Earth
Do stories such as âMaleficentâ and âHow to Train Your Dragonâ say âman is evil, nature is goodâ?
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E. Stephen Burnett
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