“The True Bride” for Courtship, the third prompt for #folktaleweek.
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I’m following my journey for folk tale week by revisiting old Brother’s Grimm tales I used to enjoy, I remembered this story about a man who ‘forgot’ the woman he said he loved!
So many of these tales sit very uncomfortably in the present, like this one where the woman waited and waited for her ‘true love’, whilst he planned to marry another.
But, by disguising herself in increasingly beautiful gowns of moons, suns and stars, the other bride is discarded and the prince recognises his true bride. Shocking!
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However, when I was little, all that counted were the magical dresses she wore...