JoMA Archives: Articles

Fairy Tales

A Million Little Mermaids by Virgina Borges

Shimchong, the Blindman's Daughter by Heinz Insu Fenkl

Arabian Nights: The Tale of the Puzzle of the Tale by Gregory Frost

Portuguese Fairy Tale Theatre: The Art of Transformation by Howard Gayton

Baba Yaga in Film by James Graham

Donkeyskin, Deerskin, Allerleirauh: The Reality of the Fairy Tale by Helen Pilinovsky

Russian Fairy Tales: The Fantastic Traditions of the East and the West by Helen Pilinovsky

Russian Fairy Tales: Baba Yaga's Domain by Helen Pilinovsky

The Armless Maiden and the Hero's Journey by Midori Snyder

Sleeping Beauty by Midori Snyder

The Monkey Girl by Midori Snyder

Brother and Sister: A Matter of Seeing by Ellen Steiber

Beauty and the Beast by Terri Windling

Cinderella: Ashes, Blood, and the Slipper of Glass by Terri Windling

Bluebeard and the Bloody Chamber by Terri Windling

Godfather Death: Death in Fairy Tales by Terri Windling

Hans Christian Andersen: Father of the Modern Fairy Tale by Terri Windling

Les Conte de Fées: The Literary Fairy Tales of France by Terri Windling

Old Wives Tales: Women's Fairy Tale Art and Literature, Old and New by Terri Windling

Rapunzel, Rapunzel, Let Down Your Hair by Terri Windling

Snow, Glass, Apples: The Story of Snow White by Terri Windling

The Path of Needles or Pins: Little Red Riding Hood by Terri Windling

Myth & Folklore

Italian Fairies: Fate, Folletti, and Other Creatures of Legend by Raffaela Benvenuto

A Rune With a View: An Introduction to the Visionary Alphabet of the Northern World by Ari Berk

Penance, Power, and Pursuit: On the Trail of the Wild Hunt by Ari Berk and William Spytma

Stones and Signs by Ari Berk

The Dance of the Labyrinth by Ari Berk

The Lore of Simple Things: Milk, Honey, and Bread by Ari Berk

The Song of Sampo in Finnish Myth and Lore by Ari Berk

Where the White Stag Runs: Boundary and Transformation in Deer Myths, Legends, and Songs by Ari Berk

Death and Return in the Myth of Demeter and Persephone by Kathie Carlson

The Tomb and the Womb: Death and Rebirth in World Myth and Mythic Fiction by Hal Duncan

Native American Fairies: Little People of the Southeast by Carolyn Dunn

Deer Woman and the Living Myth of the Dreamtime by Carolyn Dunn

Aliens and Angels by Heinz Insu Fenkl

American Dreamtime by Heinz Insu Fenkl

Binary Serpent by Heinz Insu Fenkl

Caduceus by Heinz Insu Fenkl

Fathers and Sons by Heinz Insu Fenkl

Fire and the Fire Bringer by Heinz Insu Fenkl

Fox Wives and Other Dangerous Women by Heinz Insu Fenkl

Fox Woman Tale of Korea by Heinz Insu Fenkl

Heaven and Hello by Heinz Insu Fenkl

Of Men and Mud: Creation Myths by Heinz Insu Fenkl

Storytelling and Healing by Heinz Insu Fenkl

The Mermaid by Heinz Insu Fenkl

The Owlglass and the Moon of Gold: Tyl Eulenspiegel & Kim Seon-dal by Heinz Insu Fenkl

Hungarian Fairies by Theodora Goss

Costa Rican Fairies: When My Hair was Woven with Duendes by Taiko Maria Haessler

Angels and Ministers of Grace: Theatrical Superstitions Through the Ages by Kristen McDermott

Coyote by Carrie Minor

Rates of (Ex)Change: The Goblin Market and Voodoo Accounting by Helen Pilinovsky

The Lore of Gemstones by Ellen Steiber

In Praise of the Cook by Midori Snyder

Dawn, Dusk, and the Days of the Dead: Doorways into Other Worlds  by Terri Windling

Fairies in Legend, Lore, and Literature by Terri Windling

Fairy Changelings by Terri Windling

Feline Folklore by Terri Windling

Lost and Found: The Orphaned Hero in Myth, Folklore, and Fantasy by Terri Windling

Married to Magic: Animal Brides and Bridegrooms by Terri Windling

One is for Sorrow, Two is for Joy: The Magical Lore of Birds by Terri Windling

Sacred Springs and Other Water Lore by Terri Windling

The Dark of the Woods: Rites-of-Passage Tales by Terri Windling

The Enchanted Harp by Terri Windling

The Road That Has No End: Tales of the Traveling People by Terri Windling

The Symbolism of Rabbits and Hares by Terri Windling

Tricksters by Terri Windling

Mythic Memoir

Falling: A Memoir in Nature by Kim Antieau

Healing the Wounded Wild by Kim Antieau

Mu: A Reflection on Shamanism and Synthesis by Heinz Insu Fenkl

Shimchong, the Blindman's Daughter by Heinz Insu Fenkl

Fool of a Took! by Thomas Harlan

A Kent Childhood by Bill Lewis

Spells of Enchantment: The Fairy Tale Cycle by Helen Pilinovsky

Vision Fasting: Practicing Death and Rebirth by Munro Sickafoose

The Monkey Girl by Midori Snyder

Transformations by Terri Windling

Mythic Journeys

The Fantasy Life of the French Salons by Gregory Frost

The Sacred and Profane of Spanish Carnival by Alan Weisman and Cristina Garcia Rodero

Alchemy and Puppetry: A Prague Sojourn by Terri Windling

The Magic of Wales by Terri Windling

Travels Through Brittany by Terri Windling

White as Ricotta, Red as Wine: The Magical Lore of Italy by Terri Windling

On Books & Writers

Mythic Fiction for Young Adults by Julie Bartel

The Secret Alchemy of Dr. Seuss by Heinz Insu Fenkl

Winter Fool, Summer Queen: Shakespeare's Folklore and the English Holiday Cycle by Kristen McDermott

Geraldine McCaughrean's The White Darkness by Colleen Mondor

Donkeyskin, Deerskin, Allerleirauh: The Reality of the Fairy Tale (from folklore to modern mythic fiction) by Helen Pilinovsky

Russian Fairy Tales: Baba Yaga's Domain (from folklore to modern mythic fiction) by Helen Pilinovsky

Ted Huges and Crow by Ann Skea

Pamela Dean's The Secret Country and Authorial Creation by Eve Sweetser

Madness, Shapeshifting and Art in Terri Windling's The Wood Wife by Niko Sylvester and Brian Froud

Hans Christian Andersen: Father of the Modern Fairy Tale by Terri Windling

J.M. Barrie and Peter Pan by Terri Windling

On the Pre-Raphaelites and Writers of Fantasy by Terri Windling

On Tolkien and Fairy Stories by Terri Windling

Su Tolkien e le Fiabe by Terri Windling, translated into the Italian by Nicola Iarocci

On Writing & the Creative Process

Into the Labyrinth: A Writer's Journey by Midori Snyder

Brother and Sister: A Writer's Reflection on the Fairy Tale by Ellen Steiber

On Myth and Writing by Terri Windling and Oliver Hunter