Lore and Literature

I'd like to start by saying that this post has nothing to do with the Les Mis é rables film that is coming out in December. I've ne...

Who's excited for the film The Hobbit ? I am, for sure, and I know many others are! Ever since he directed The Lord of the Rings , fa...

Wolves figure in many tales. I had always grown up thinking they were symbols of evil. I was terrified of wolves, mostly due to the fact tha...

In three stories, two ancient and one not so much, the horses were aware that their masters were soon to meet their ends. In Shakespeare...

 "'What are your names?' Rolf answered: 'Rolf hight I.'" -Allen French, The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow. ...

"Look to the past, learn for the future." This was our motto in American Girl's Club.  "Legends are lessons. They rin...

Brave has a rather unusual plot line -for a movie. The story that most reminds me of this plot line appears, interestingly enough, in The...