by Jean Trammell | Mar 17, 2022 | Fairies, Fairy Tales, Florida, Literature, Venice
Have you ever wondered how shark teeth came to be scattered along the Venice, Fla. beaches. I recently discovered a wonderful children’s book by Linda Dunn. She has uncovered the secrets of the shark’s teeth on Venice beaches. I discovered her book at The...
by Jean Trammell | Aug 22, 2021 | Elves, Fairies, Legends, Literature, The Hobbit, Tolkien
The English author J. R. R. Tolkien included fairies and other mythical creatures in his stories. In “The Hobbit” 1937 and the three volume “The Lord of the Rings” 1954-1955, Tolkien described a race of wise and gifted elves. The live in the...
by Jean Trammell | Aug 6, 2021 | Fairies, Fairy Doors, Fairy Tales, Florida, Literature, Venice
Some writers have made up their own stories about fairies. The Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen wrote several volumes of stories from 1835 until his death in 1875. Inn one tale “Little Tiny” the main character springs from a little flower. The Italian...
by Jean Trammell | Apr 24, 2021 | Fairies, Fairy Doors, Fairy Tales, Florida, Literature, News, Venice
In the early 1800’s, two German scholars, the brothers Jakob and Wilhelm, published a collection of folk stories called “Grimm’s Fairy Tales”. Only a few of the stories included fairies. One tale, “Rumpelstiltskin” tells of a...
by Jean Trammell | Mar 30, 2021 | Fairies, Fairy Tales, Legends, Literature, News
In 1697, the French author polished a collection of folk stories called “Tales of Mother Goose”. The book included some stories that are still popular. In one tale, Cinderella’s fairy godmother changes a pumpkin into a carriage and mice into horses...
by Jean Trammell | Nov 29, 2020 | A Midsummer's Night's Dream, Fairies, Fairy Doors, Florida, Literature, News, Venice
For hundreds of years, authors have written about fairies in novels, plays and stories. The English playwright William Shakespeare used fairies as major characters in his comedy “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. The play includes Oberon and Titiana, the...