They will get the story wrong, of course; but perhaps, all the same, the music will be right.

[eredien]

Beauty and the Opera or the Phantom Beast, Suzy McKee Charnas

A retelling of what you think it is. But not in the way you think it is. A heroine who in many ways reminds me of Phedre.
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What you've all been waiting for: translations from the "Slavic Mythology" book. Thank you to Skye, who did these with me.

These are on the "Slavic Water Spirits" page. And I only wish I knew the story about the wolf. Or what "mermaid week" is.

Fordlings - Spirits, guardians of the fords, graceful maidens with long hair. These fordlings live devotedly together with the beavers in quiet backwaters. When an enemy draws near, the maidens imperceptibly destroy the ford, leading the enemies into a bog or whirlpool.

Lobasti - mermaids, who dwell in the rushes. The belief is that these are children who died unchristened, or were maidens who drowned. Agile, playful, graceful, they play games and pranks all the time. During "mermaid week," they can walk off with your little girls, to entice and make them into their best friend--another lobasta.

Anchootka - evil spirits, demons, who inhabit the swamps and have wings. They are helpers of waters and swamps. In fairy tales, he only has four fingers because Wolf bit off his pinky.

Comments

[rushthatspeaks.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's really cool. And I want to know when 'mermaid week' is too.

Wolf

[signy1.livejournal.com]

The 'Anchootka' thing sounds startling like the Tyr story. Remember, while binding Fenrir Loki's-son the Wolf, Tyr's hand was bitten off? I know it's pretty distant, geographically, but there are a lot of myths that just keep popping up all over the globe. This might be one of them.

Re: Wolf

[eredien]

Hm. Perhaps. The illustration for this thing looked like a cross between a bat, a horse, and a boar with an extraordinarily long snout--more like a traditional imp or cathedral gargoyle than Fenrir. But it might have something to do with that. I'm going to keep reading and hope it explains.

Re: Wolf

[(Anonymous)]

Greetings and felicitations and all that loveliness.
We are meeting @ Sari's apartment on Sunday @ 8 a.m. for all Faire Departures. Would it be possible to pass along said informtation to the individuals in need of it?