query: jack and the beanstalk folktale or fairy tale

pos: Jack and the Beanstalk Jack and the Beanstalk "Jack and the Beanstalk" is an English fairy tale. It appeared as "The Story of Jack Spriggins and the Enchanted Bean" in 1734 and as Benjamin Tabart's moralised "The History of Jack and the Bean-Stalk" in 1869. Henry Cole, publishing under pen name Felix Summerly, popularised the tale in "The Home Treasury" (1845), and Joseph Jacobs rewrote it in "English Fairy Tales" (1890). Jacobs' version is most commonly reprinted today, and is believed to be closer to the oral versions than Tabart's because it lacks the moralising. "Jack and the Beanstalk" is the best known of

pos: Jack and the Beanstalk (2009 film) Jack and the Beanstalk (2009 film) Jack and the Beanstalk is a 2009 low-budget live-action adaptation of the fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk" directed by Gary J. Tunnicliffe. Jack Thatcher (Colin Ford) must perform a heroic deed or flunk out of fairy tale school. He sells a valuable possession for magic beans that grow into a giant beanstalk overnight. He climbs the enchanted beanstalk and enters a magical and dangerous world to rescue Destiny (Madison Davenport), a little girl who has been transformed into a harp. This version of the tale includes references to other fairy tale characters as

pos: Jack and the Beanstalk (2009 film) to shine." Donna Rolfe of The Dove Foundation wrote, "This is a charming fairy tale with encouraging values and colorful characters who will entertain the entire family." The Netflix company DVD.com called it a "family-friendly comedy" and gave it 3 out of 5 stars. Jack and the Beanstalk (2009 film) Jack and the Beanstalk is a 2009 low-budget live-action adaptation of the fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk" directed by Gary J. Tunnicliffe. Jack Thatcher (Colin Ford) must perform a heroic deed or flunk out of fairy tale school. He sells a valuable possession for magic beans that grow into

pos: William Stobbs Gama, Hudson, Cartier, Vespucci, Raleigh, Pizarro, John Smith of Virginia, Captain John Paul Jones, Columbus, Captain Cook, Verrazano, Cabot, Bolivar, Cortes, La Salle, Champlain, Marquette and Joliet, and Drake. Nevertheless, WorldCat identifies Stobbs with the genres folktale and fairy tale, which recognises his editions of tales from Perrault or the Brothers Grimm or traditional English tales such as Jack and the Beanstalk and The Three Little Pigs; and his illustrations of modern retellings of international tales. His single most widely held work is "Poems from Ireland" (New York: Crowell, 1972), ten centuries of Irish poetry anthologised by William Cole. Some

pos: Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story the most appropriate technique, whether it was through animatronics, puppetry, prosthetics, CGI, or hybrids,” said Feeney. Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story is a 2001 American television miniseries. It was directed by Brian Henson and was a co-production of Hallmark Entertainment and The Jim Henson Company. It is based on the classic English fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk". The story was considerably reworked to reflect what Henson believed to be a more ethical, humanist view. The cast includes Matthew Modine (as the modern-day descendant of Jack), Mia Sara (as a mysterious

pos: Beanstalk Bunny "Daffy Duck: The Nuttiness Continues...". As of 2017, this short is still unavailable on DVD or Blu-ray. Beanstalk Bunny Beanstalk Bunny is a Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon released on 12 February 1955. The cartoon's story is derived from the classic fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk" and stars Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck as Jack, and Elmer Fudd as the giant. The cartoon was directed by Chuck Jones. The story begins with Daffy Duck in the role of Jack summing up recent events: Frustrated with having traded his cow for the three beans, Daffy tosses them away and they land

pos: Jack and the Beanstalk the Beanstalk" is an Aarne-Thompson tale-type 328, The Treasures of the Giant, which includes the Italian "Thirteenth" and the French "How the Dragon was Tricked" tales. Christine Goldberg argues that the Aarne-Thompson system is inadequate for the tale because the others do not include the beanstalk, which has analogies in other types (a possible reference to the genre anomaly). The Brothers Grimm drew an analogy between this tale and a German fairy tale, "The Devil With the Three Golden Hairs". The devil's mother or grandmother acts much like the giant's wife, a female figure protecting the child from the evil

pos: Jack and the Beanstalk (1952 film) Jack and the Beanstalk (1952 film) Jack and the Beanstalk is a 1952 American family comedy film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. It is a comic revision of the classic "Jack and the Beanstalk" fairy tale. Mr. Dinkle and Jack (Abbott and Costello) look for work at the Cosman Employment Agency. Jack makes advances to Cosman employee Polly (Dorothy Ford), but he is thwarted by the arrival of her boyfriend, a towering police officer (Buddy Baer). Polly assigns Dinkle and Jack to babysit for Eloise Larkin's brother and infant sister, while Eloise (Shaye Cogan) and her fiancé

pos: Jack and the Beanstalk (1952 film) January 1, 2003. Jack and the Beanstalk (1952 film) Jack and the Beanstalk is a 1952 American family comedy film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. It is a comic revision of the classic "Jack and the Beanstalk" fairy tale. Mr. Dinkle and Jack (Abbott and Costello) look for work at the Cosman Employment Agency. Jack makes advances to Cosman employee Polly (Dorothy Ford), but he is thwarted by the arrival of her boyfriend, a towering police officer (Buddy Baer). Polly assigns Dinkle and Jack to babysit for Eloise Larkin's brother and infant sister, while Eloise (Shaye Cogan)

pos: Jack and the Beanstalk 1952 film starring Abbott and Costello the giant is blamed for poverty at the foot of the beanstalk, as he has been stealing food and wealth and the hen that lays golden eggs originally belonged to Jack's family. In other versions it is implied that the giant had stolen both the hen and the harp from Jack's father. Brian Henson's 2001 TV miniseries "" not only abandons Tabart's additions but vilifies Jack, reflecting Jim Henson's disgust at Jack's unscrupulous actions. Jack and the Beanstalk "Jack and the Beanstalk" is an English fairy tale. It appeared as "The Story of Jack

pos: Larry Moss (artist) Manor" concept. The first subsequent installation, "The VERY Tall Tale of Jack & His Beanstalk," was a latex adaptation of the English fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk" (aka "Jack the Giant Slayer"). Built in the historic Sibley Building in downtown Rochester, NY, between February 1 and 4, 2014, it featured a five-story beanstalk topped by a castle that appeared to be floating on balloon clouds. In 2005, Moss launched Airigami, LLC, through which he conceives and constructs creative content made entirely of balloons. Projects range from life-sized, individual sculptures to record-breaking, on-site installations for use at national and international

pos: Beanstalk Bunny Beanstalk Bunny Beanstalk Bunny is a Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon released on 12 February 1955. The cartoon's story is derived from the classic fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk" and stars Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck as Jack, and Elmer Fudd as the giant. The cartoon was directed by Chuck Jones. The story begins with Daffy Duck in the role of Jack summing up recent events: Frustrated with having traded his cow for the three beans, Daffy tosses them away and they land in Bugs Bunny's rabbit hole. A beanstalk erupts shortly after, and Daffy decides to climb it for

pos: Jack and the Beanstalk (1967 film) Jack and the Beanstalk (1967 film) Jack and the Beanstalk is a 1967 live-action/animated-hybrid musical-themed telefilm that was produced and directed by and starred Gene Kelly. It was executive produced by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. It is a retelling of the popular fairy tale that mixes both live action and animation. It won the 1967 Emmy award for "Outstanding Children's Program". The adventure begins when Jack (Bobby Riha) trades his cow for some magic beans from peddler Jeremy Keen (Gene Kelly). The beans sprout a beanstalk high into the clouds, and Jack and Jeremy climb it to discover a

pos: Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story is a 2001 American television miniseries. It was directed by Brian Henson and was a co-production of Hallmark Entertainment and The Jim Henson Company. It is based on the classic English fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk". The story was considerably reworked to reflect what Henson believed to be a more ethical, humanist view. The cast includes Matthew Modine (as the modern-day descendant of Jack), Mia Sara (as a mysterious woman attempting to bring him to justice for the murder of a giant), Jon Voight (as

pos: The Simpsons: Bart & the Beanstalk The Simpsons: Bart & the Beanstalk The Simpsons: Bart & the Beanstalk is a platform game released in 1994 for the hand-held console Game Boy. It was developed by Software Creations and published by Acclaim Entertainment, and is based on the animated television series "The Simpsons". The game is a parody of the fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk"; a large beanstalk grows far up into the sky outside the home of Bart Simpson, whom the player controls. Bart climbs the beanstalk all the way to the top and adventure ensues. "Bart & the Beanstalk" has received mixed to negative

pos: Jack and the Beanstalk (1967 film) giant (voiced by Ted Cassidy), a goose that lays golden eggs, and Princess Serena (voiced by Janet Waldo and sung by Marni Nixon) who is trapped in a harp by a magic spell and can only be released by a kiss. Jack and the Beanstalk (1967 film) Jack and the Beanstalk is a 1967 live-action/animated-hybrid musical-themed telefilm that was produced and directed by and starred Gene Kelly. It was executive produced by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. It is a retelling of the popular fairy tale that mixes both live action and animation. It won the 1967 Emmy award for

pos: Jack and His Comrades Jack and His Comrades Jack and his Comrades is a short Irish fairy tale describing the title character's story of success with the help of his animal helpers, collected by folklorist Patrick Kennedy from a resident of County Wexford, Ireland, and published in "Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts" (1866). It was later reprinted, revised but only slightly, by Joseph Jacobs in his Celtic fairy tale compilation. In the Aarne-Thompson categorisation system, this can be classed as "folktale type 130", i.e. "outcast animals find a new home". Kennedy collected the tale from a man named Garrett (Gerald) Forrestal, residing in

pos: Jack and the Beanstalk (1952 film) (James Alexander) are out for the evening. The babysitting duties are complicated by the fact that Donald (David Stollery) is something of a prodigy, as well as a self-proclaimed "problem child". The dull-witted Jack is soon outclassed by the child, and an attempt to lull the boy to sleep by reading the fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk" (Jack's "favorite novel") aloud fails when Jack stumbles over the larger words. Bemused by Jack's incompetence, Donald reads the story instead—a role-reversal made complete when Jack falls asleep as Donald reads. In his slumber, Jack dreams that he is the young Jack

pos: Jack the Giantkiller Jack the Giantkiller Jack the Giantkiller is an arcade game developed and published by Cinematronics in 1982. It is based on the 19th-century English fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk. In Japan, the game was released as Treasure Hunt. There were no home ports. The player controls Jack, who must climb the beanstalk to reach the castle, steal a series of treasures from the giant, and escape. The game used hardware licensed from Hara Industries of Japan, with raster graphics instead of the vector displays Cinematronics was known for. Nicknamed "Jack the Company Killer," the game was a commercial failure

pos: Russian fairy tale Russian fairy tale A Skazka – () (Russian fairy tale or Russian folktale) is a Russian word literally meaning "story", but used to mean fairy tale or a fantasy tale. The term can be used in many different forms to determine the type of tale or story being told. A "volshebnaya skazka" [fairy tale] is considered a magical tale. "Skazki o zhivotnykh" [tales of animals] are tales about animals, and "bytovye skazki" [household tales] are tales about everyday life. These variations of "skazki" give the term more depth, giving it more meaning than just fairy tales. Similarly to Western European

pos: Blunderbore frequently appropriated by other legendary giants; the later fairy tale "Tom the Tinkeard", a local Cornish variant of "Tom Hickathrift", contains a similar account of the hero's battle with a giant named Blunderbore. Likewise, it is usually given as the name of the ogre in "Jack and the Beanstalk". Blunderbore first appears in the fairy tale "Jack the Giant Killer". In the version recorded by Joseph Jacobs, Blunderbore lives in Penwith, where he kidnaps three lords and ladies, planning to eat the men and make the women his wives. When the women refuse to eat their husbands with the giant,

pos: Jack the Giant Slayer Fallon's throat, before the giant can eat the princess, causing a beanstalk to rip apart his body. Jack takes the crown and sends the giants back to their realm. Jack and Isabelle marry and tell the story of the giants to their children. As time passes, the magic crown is crafted into St Edward's Crown and is secured in the Tower of London. Additionally, Eddie Marsan plays Crawe, Elmont's second-in-command, and Ewen Bremner plays Wicke, Lord Roderick's attendant. Screenwriter Darren Lemke first proposed the idea of contemporizing the "Jack and the Beanstalk" fairy tale with CGI in 2005 before the

pos: Jack and the Beanstalk (1974 film) will sit silently, side by side, and a quiet loathing will come up between them." In 2010, Michael R. Pitts said that the songs are "forgettable". Conversely, the writers of Jerry Beck's "Animated Movie Guide" hailed it as "A successful Japanese emulation of American fairy tale theatrical cartoon features with many delightful songs", and gave it four stars. Jack and the Beanstalk (1974 film) Jack resides with his mother in a small house out in the country. Being very poor, they eventually find themselves forced to sell their cow, which has stopped giving milk. Jack runs into a mysterious man

pos: Russian fairy tale Pushkin wrote several "skazka" in the 1820s and 30s : Between 1855 and 1863, Alexander Afanasyev completed a collection of nearly 600 folk tales and variants in his three volume work entitled "Narodnye russkie skazki" [National Russian Tales] (For translations see Alexander Afanasyev § Works) Russian fairy tale A Skazka – () (Russian fairy tale or Russian folktale) is a Russian word literally meaning "story", but used to mean fairy tale or a fantasy tale. The term can be used in many different forms to determine the type of tale or story being told. A "volshebnaya skazka" [fairy tale] is

pos: Awesome Magical Tales broadcast. Set in a fairy tale-like setting, three friends, Jeremiah, the son of the giant in Jack and Beanstalk and Trafalgar, the nephew of Merlin the Wizard, a wingless fairy named Fury, the daughter of Tooth Fairy, live through a tough life as teenagers and are determined to be themselves, despite their parents' whim and their fairy tale origins. On 28 September 2011, Ánima Estudios has announced an international partnership with SLR Productions, Home Plate Entertainment, and Telegael and have green-lighted the show. "We’re thrilled to have such extraordinary partners on board for this series. I think what has really

pos: Fairy tale Graca Da Silva using phylogenetic analysis, a technique developed by evolutionary biologists to trace the relatedness of living and fossil species. Among the tales analysed were "Jack and the Beanstalk", traced to the time of splitting of Eastern and Western Indo-European, over 5000 years ago. Both "Beauty and the Beast" and "Rumpelstiltskin" appear to have been created some 4000 years ago. The story of "The Smith and the Devil" (Deal with the Devil) appears to date from the Bronze Age, some 6000 years ago. Originally, adults were the audience of a fairy tale just as often as children. Literary fairy

pos: Culture of the United Kingdom tales such as "Jack and the Beanstalk" and "Jack the Giant Killer" helped form the modern perception of giants as stupid and violent, while the dwarf Tom Thumb is a traditional hero in English folklore. English fairy tale "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" is one of the most popular fairy tales in the English language. Some folk figures are based on semi- or actual historical people whose story has been passed down centuries: Lady Godiva, for instance, was said to have ridden naked on horseback through Coventry; the heroic English figure Hereward the Wake resisted the Norman invasion; Herne the

pos: Dizzy (series) For instance, a puzzle in which the player must use magic beans to grow a giant beanstalk relies upon the player's pre-existing knowledge of the story of "Jack and the Beanstalk". Similarly, the games' simple black-and-white morality, with many of them having the final goal of defeating the evil wizard Zaks, was also a nod to their fairy tales roots. Speaking on the subject, Andrew Oliver said, "It's common in any fairy tale to have an evil person to defeat, and so we went down this route." "Dizzy" was created in 1987 by Andrew and Philip Oliver, collectively known as

pos: Jack the Giant Killer The film "Jack the Giant Slayer", directed by Bryan Singer and starring Nicholas Hoult was produced by Legendary Pictures and was released on 1 March 2013. It is a very loose adaption of both "Jack and the Beanstalk" and "Jack the Giant Killer". Jack the Giant Killer "Jack the Giant Killer" is an English fairy tale and legend about a young adult who slays a number of giants during King Arthur's reign. The tale is characterised by violence, gore and blood-letting. Giants are prominent in Cornish folklore, Breton mythology and Welsh Bardic lore. Some parallels to elements and incidents in

pos: Jack the Giant Killer (1962 film) Giant Killer", but it is not a remake of the 1962 film, but a reworking of the traditional story Jack and the Beanstalk with elements from other stories such as Jack the Giant Killer. Jack the Giant Killer (1962 film) Jack the Giant Killer is a 1962 heroic fantasy adventure film starring Kerwin Mathews in a fairy tale story about a young man who defends a princess against a sorcerer's giants and demons. The film was loosely based on the traditional tale "Jack the Giant Killer" and features extensive use of stop-motion animation. The film was directed by Nathan H.

pos: Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs (29 August 1854 – 30 January 1916) was an Australian folklorist, translator, literary critic, social scientist, historian and writer of English literature who became a notable collector and publisher of English folklore. Jacobs was born in Sydney to a Jewish family. His work went on to popularize some of the world's best known versions of English fairy tales including "Jack and the Beanstalk", "Goldilocks and the three bears", "The Three Little Pigs", "Jack the Giant Killer" and "The History of Tom Thumb". He published his English fairy tale collections: "English Fairy Tales" in 1890 and "More

pos: Giantland is inconsistent with Mickey having only two nephews (Morty and Ferdie Fieldmouse) in the comic strip. The story is book-ended with Mickey Mouse at home telling the mice children the fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk", although he inserts himself in the role of Jack. In the story within the story, Mickey climbs a tall beanstalk and arrives in "Giantland", a place in the clouds where everything is larger. Mickey rides a giant butterfly to a castle and looks inside through the keyhole. Just then, the giant who lives in the castle returns home and is unaware of Mickey who

pos: Fairy tale elements with one another and with the tales of foreign lands. The literary fairy tale came into fashion during the 17th century, developed by aristocratic women as a parlour game. This, in turn, helped to maintain the oral tradition. According to Jack Zipes, "The subject matter of the conversations consisted of literature, mores, taste, and etiquette, whereby the speakers all endeavoured to portray ideal situations in the most effective oratorical style that would gradually have a major effect on literary forms." Many 18th-century folklorists attempted to recover the "pure" folktale, uncontaminated by literary versions. Yet while oral fairy tales likely

pos: Fairy tale fairy tale motifs, the genres are now regarded as distinct. The fairy tale, told orally, is a sub-class of the folktale. Many writers have written in the form of the fairy tale. These are the literary fairy tales, or "Kunstmärchen". The oldest forms, from "Panchatantra" to the "Pentamerone", show considerable reworking from the oral form. The Brothers Grimm were among the first to try to preserve the features of oral tales. Yet the stories printed under the Grimm name have been considerably reworked to fit the written form. Literary fairy tales and oral fairy tales freely exchanged plots, motifs, and

pos: The Simpsons: Bart & the Beanstalk reviews from critics. The game merges the existing universe of "The Simpsons" television series with the fairy tale of "Jack and the Beanstalk". In the story, Bart Simpson goes to market to sell the family cow, but is swindled by a clever miser (played in the game by the character Mr. Burns) who trades it for magical beans and a slingshot. When Bart takes the magic beans home his father Homer Simpson accidentally eats them and spits them outside. A beanstalk grows, Bart climbs to the top, and adventures in a giant castle ensue. Bart meets several characters from "The

pos: The Magic House, St. Louis Children's Museum their imaginations and to work together in a miniature community, the Children’s Village was a part of the 1997 expansion. The village includes among other things a mock market, bank, veterinary clinic, and library. • Jack and the Beanstalk Climber: Based on the fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk, the climber allows children to climb up and down three full floors. • Star-Spangled Center: Consisting of an Oval Office, Courtroom and Legislative chamber, the Star-Spangled Center was part of the 2008 expansion of The Magic House. Through hands on exhibits and trivia, The Star-Spangled Center has the mission of encouraging

pos: Jack and the Beanstalk (2009 film) Freer of "Radio Times" called it a "charmless take on the classic fairy tale" and later lamented that "James Earl Jones wastes his rich tone as the voice of the underwhelming goliath." Jason Best of "What's on TV" wrote that "Jack and the Beanstalk" "seeks to emulate the playful wit of the wondrous The Princess Bride but falls woefully short." He went on to note that "Christopher Lloyd, Wallace Shawn and Chevy Chase are also involved, so you’d expect the film to be a lot funnier than it is, but Gary J Tunnicliffe’s flat direction doesn’t give anyone a chance

pos: Fairy tale birds; glass mountains; and prohibitions and breaking of prohibitions. A fairy tale with a tragic rather than a happy end is called an anti-fairy tale. Although the fairy tale is a distinct genre within the larger category of folktale, the definition that marks a work as a fairy tale is a source of considerable dispute. The term itself comes from the translation of Madame D'Aulnoy's "Conte de fées", first used in her collection in 1697.) Common parlance conflates fairy tales with beast fables and other folktales, and scholars differ on the degree to which the presence of fairies and/or similarly

pos: Fairy tale existed for thousands of years before the literary forms, there is no pure folktale, and each literary fairy tale draws on folk traditions, if only in parody. This makes it impossible to trace forms of transmission of a fairy tale. Oral story-tellers have been known to read literary fairy tales to increase their own stock of stories and treatments. The oral tradition of the fairy tale came long before the written page. Tales were told or enacted dramatically, rather than written down, and handed down from generation to generation. Because of this, the history of their development is necessarily obscure

pos: Jack and the Beanstalk retribution. (Andrew Lang follows this version in the "Red Fairy Book" of 1890.) Jacobs gave no justification because there was none in the version he had heard as a child and maintained that children know that robbery and murder are wrong without being told in a fairy tale, but did give a subtle retributive tone to it by making reference to the giant's previous meals of stolen oxen and young children. Many modern interpretations have followed Tabart and made the giant a villain, terrorising smaller folk and stealing from them, so that Jack becomes a legitimate protagonist. For example, the

pos: Puss in Boots (1922 film) Puss in Boots (1922 film) Puss in Boots was a 1922 film directed by Walt Disney. The film was based on the book by the Brothers Grimm. The film was produced in Kansas City, Missouri. It is one of the earliest surviving products of the Laugh-O-Gram Studio to be based on a fairy tale, alongside "Little Red Riding Hood" (1922) and "Cinderella" (1922). There were a total of seven Laugh-O-Grams based on fairy tales. The three already mentioned, plus "The Four Musicians of Bremen" (1922), "Jack and the Beanstalk" (1922), "Jack the Giant Killer" (1922), and "Goldie Locks and the

pos: The Soul Cages (story) The Soul Cages (story) The Soul Cages is a fairy tale invented by Thomas Keightley, originally published as a piece of genuine Irish folktale in T. Crofton Croker's "Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland" (1825–28). It features a male merrow (merman) inviting a local fisherman to his undersea home. The 'soul cages' in the title refer to a collection of human souls that the merman kept in his home. The tale is set in Dunbeg Bay (Doonbeg), County Clare. Jack Dogherty was a fisherman who also scavenged goods by occasional beachcombing. He long yearned to meet a

pos: Jack and the Beanstalk (1952 film) of the fairy tale. In his dream Jack learns that the Giant (Buddy Baer), who lives in a castle in the sky, has stolen all of the land's wealth and food. The situation obliges the kingdom's princess to marry The Prince (James Alexander) of a neighboring kingdom, whom she has never met. Jack must also make sacrifices, when his mother sends him to sell the last family possession, their beloved cow "Henry", to the local butcher, Mr. Dinklepuss. Along the way Jack meets The Prince, disguised as a troubador (who is kidnapped by the Giant soon afterward). The unscrupulous Dinklepuss

pos: The Tinderbox folk tale—"Aladdin", "Puss in Boots", "Jack and the Beanstalk"—whose young hero overcomes adversity and ends a contented, successful adult." Andersen grew up poor and uneducated, and was subject to many slights, snubs, and humiliations. Wullschlager notes, "[...] the fairy tale was a form in which [Andersen] could express forbidden emotions and thoughts without, as it were, being caught. It's no accident that of the first three folktales he chose to adapt, two ["The Tinderbox" and "Little Claus and Big Claus"] are fantasies of social revenge." Andersen personalizes "The Tinderbox" with humor and detail. When the soldier finds gold in a

pos: Jack the Giant Slayer like an attempt to cash in on a trend, recycling storybook characters, situations and battle sequences to mechanical and wearyingly predictable effect." Manohla Dargis of "The New York Times" said, "This finally is just a digitally souped-up, one-dimensional take on 'Jack and the Beanstalk'." Kenneth Turan of the "Los Angeles Times" said, "Bryan Singer's take on the old fairy tale has all things money can buy — except a good script." In April 2013, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment announced the release of "Jack the Giant Slayer" on Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray Disc and DVD. The discs were released on June 18,

pos: Laugh-O-Gram Studio in the public domain. The missing fairy tale cartoons were "Jack and the Beanstalk", "Jack the Giant Killer", and "Goldie Locks and the Three Bears" (all 1922). On October 14, 2010, animation historian David Gerstein announced that copies of all three had been found. For many years the two "Jack" cartoons were believed to be one, until researcher John Kenworthy located old studio assets sheets confirming that they were separate shorts. Laugh-O-Gram Studio Laugh-O-gram Studio was a short-lived film studio located on the second floor of the McConaughey Building at 1127 East 31st in Kansas City, Missouri. The studio played

pos: Darren Lemke pitches became "Gemini Man", which is scheduled to be released on October 4, 2019. In 2005, Lemke pitched the idea of adapting the English fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk" with computer-generated imagery. By 2013, "Jack the Giant Slayer" was directed by Bryan Singer. Darren Lemke Darren Lemke (born ) is an American screenwriter who has been active in the film industry since the late 1990s. His first major screenwriting credit was for "Shrek Forever After" (2010), which he wrote with Josh Klausner. Lemke directed the thriller film "Lost" (2004), which he also wrote. Lemke was born in . He

pos: The Storyteller (TV series) the cover; the illustrations within (by Stephen Morley) are the silhouettes as seen in the program, and photographic stills of the episodes alongside the text. The other version (, Random House) has full page colour hand illustrations by Darcy May, depicting the stories alongside the text. An anthology of "The StoryTeller" is due from Archaia Entertainment on 6 December 2011. The stories announced are: "Old Nick & the Peddler" (from a Scandinavian folktale), "Puss in Boots" (from a French fairy tale), "The Milkmaid & Her Pail" (from an Aesop fable), "Old Fire Dragaman" (from an Appalachian Jack tale), "Momotaro the

pos: Fee-fi-fo-fum Fee-fi-fo-fum "Fee-fi-fo-fum" is the first line of a historical quatrain (or sometimes couplet) famous for its use in the classic English fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk". The poem, as given in Joseph Jacobs' 1890 rendition, is as follows: <poem> Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman, Be he alive, or be he dead I'll grind his bones to make my bread. </poem> Though the rhyme is tetrametric, it follows no consistent metrical foot; however, the respective verses correspond roughly to monosyllabic tetrameter, dactylic tetrameter, trochaic tetrameter, and iambic tetrameter. The poem has historically made use of assonant half

pos: Fee-fi-fo-fum by UK businessmen whom shipped tons of bones through the port of Hull to Yorkshire where steam mills setup to grind them sent the powdered calcium through Doncaster and other markets where it was sold to farmers as fertiliser for their fields. Fee-fi-fo-fum "Fee-fi-fo-fum" is the first line of a historical quatrain (or sometimes couplet) famous for its use in the classic English fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk". The poem, as given in Joseph Jacobs' 1890 rendition, is as follows: <poem> Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman, Be he alive, or be he dead I'll grind his

pos: Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story original story. He then worked on the story with screenwriter James V. Hart, who had previously collaborated with Henson on "Muppet Treasure Island". Henson later declared that during that time he came to hate the original story. “It's a fairy tale that became part of British culture during a time when empire building and conquering other cultures was heroic”, he said. “No matter how bad you say the giant was and all of that, the morality really stinks.” Ultimately, the story ended up taking place in the present time, with Jack Robinson, the head of a large company journeying to

pos: The Storyteller (TV series) Peach Boy" (from a Japanese fairy tale), "An Agreement Between Friends" (from a Romanian folktale), "The Frog Who Became an Emperor" (from a Chinese folktale), "The Crane Wife" (from a Japanese folktale) and "The Witch Baby" (from a Russian fairytale), this last being adapted from one of three unproduced screenplays for the original series by Anthony Minghella. This is part of Archaia's arrangement with The Jim Henson Company, by which they are also producing "Fraggle Rock" and "The Dark Crystal" graphic novels, and a graphic novel of Henson's unproduced Jim Henson's Tale of Sand, as well as having the rights

pos: Giantland Giantland Giantland is a 1933 animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and distributed by United Artists. The film is an adaptation of the fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk" with Mickey Mouse in the title role. Mickey is voiced by Walt Disney and Mickey's nephews are voiced by Marcellite Garner, who at the time usually voiced Minnie Mouse. The film was the artistic predecessor to later Disney films such as "Gulliver Mickey" (1934), "Brave Little Tailor" (1938), and "Fun and Fancy Free" (1947). It also marked the animated debut of Mickey's nephews, although the large number of them

pos: Culture of the United Kingdom which includes songs, slapstick comedy and dancing, employing gender-crossing actors, combining topical humour with a story loosely based on a well-known fairy tale. It is a participatory form of theatre, in which the audience sing along with parts of the music and shout out phrases to the performers, such as "It's behind you". Pantomime story lines and scripts are almost always based on traditional children's stories: some of the popular British stories featured include "Jack and the Beanstalk", "Peter Pan", "Babes in the Wood", "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" and "Dick Whittington and His Cat". Plot lines are almost always

pos: Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny instead show Barry Mahon's previously produced film version of "Thumbelina", in which a girl visits the now-defunct theme park Pirates World, hears the story in a Hans Christian Andersen attraction, and imagines herself as the title character. The Mahon film plays in its entirety, complete with its original credits sequence, and runs twice as long as the frame narrative (alternative prints of "Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny" use another Mahon fairy tale adaptation, "Jack and the Beanstalk", as Santa's story). After the story, Santa again encourages the children to "always believe" and they go to find help. Santa takes

pos: The Fe-Fi-Four Plus 2 Abeyta (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), and Ernie Gonze (bass guitar). The group soon recruited Danny Houlihan (lead vocals), and replaced Abeyta with Eddie James, who already had prior experience performing with the Champs. With the addition of two members, the Playmates decided a name change was in order. It was initially suggested by Houlihan to rechristen the group the Fe-Fi-Fo-Fum, as a reference to the phrase said by the giant in the fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk"; however, feelings toward the proposal were split and, as a compromise, they agreed on the Fe-Fi-Four Plus 2 (equating to the total

pos: Matt Roper Adapted from the fairy tale of the same title by the British actor-musician Mat Fraser and directed by the performance artist Julie Atlas Muz, "Jack and the Beanstalk" also starred Dirty Martini and a cast of downtown performers. Awarded the NYT Critic's Pick, the production closed on Dec 23, 2017. On July 19, 2018 Roper reprised his role as Chico Marx at the Culbreth Theater in "The Cocoanuts", an adaptation of the 1925 Broadway musical-comedy directed by and starring Frank Ferrante as Groucho. He makes regular appearances under the guise of characters at the Slipper Room in Manhattan's Lower East

pos: Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure fairy tale-inspired theme park. The park has been ailing since the death of its founder, Jack's father. Young Jack is desperate to save the park from the hands of a greedy billionaire who bought the park's mortgage, setting out with his loyal cat and mouse friends to sell his performing cow to make the next mortgage payment. Too late to sell it to a nearby circus, they trade the cow to a mysterious farmer for a handful of magic beans. What follows is a journey up a beanstalk to Fairyland, a magical land ruled by a greedy giant and home

pos: Lord Farquaad hitman Vesuvius to kill Shrek, who at the moment is investigating a foul-smelling gingerbread house. Farquaad's appearance here is comparatively minor. He does not appear in the third and final issue, save for a brief mention. Farquaad again appeared as an evil spirit in the Game Boy Advance game "Shrek: Reekin' Havoc", in which he made evil copies of fairy tale characters such as Pinocchio, the Big Bad Wolf, Peter Pan, and a giant from the world of Jack and the Beanstalk. After these bosses are defeated, he kidnaps Shrek before the final face-off. He also makes a cameo in

pos: Reverse chronology Reverse chronology Reverse chronology is a method of story-telling whereby the plot is revealed in reverse order. In a story employing this technique, the first scene shown is actually the conclusion to the plot. Once that scene ends, the penultimate scene is shown, and so on, so that the final scene the viewer sees is the first chronologically. Many stories employ flashback, showing prior events, but whereas the scene order of most conventional films is A-B-C-etc., a film in reverse chronology goes Z-Y-X-etc. As a hypothetical example, if the fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk" was told using reverse chronology,

pos: Afrikaans folklore texture of our lives as members of a given community." According to Mihálik this folktale by Marais, although it was considered to be an indigenous fairy tale, is an example of an African praise song that can be compared with Sotho and Zulu praise songs dedicated to nature. Mihálik refers to Finnegan's view that there is a similarity between African and European folklore and that there is supposedly some primordial source for both. The impression is that Marais got these stories from a certain "old Hendrik" (probably Tswana or Sotho) during his visits to the Waterberge. A folktale that calls

pos: The Witch in the Stone Boat The Witch in the Stone Boat The Witch in the Stone Boat is an Icelandic fairy tale, found in Andrew Lang's "The Yellow Fairy Book" (1897). The tale was originally collected by Jón Árnason (1864) under the title ""Skessan á steinnökkvanum"", and translated into German as ""Die Riesin in dem Steinboote"" by Poestion (1884), a known source for Lang. This folktale is classified Aarne-Thompson type 463, and is cognate with the Italian tale "The Dragon" ("Pentamerone" IV.5). A king told his son Sigurd to marry, recommending a daughter of another king as prospective wife. Sigurd traveled to that kingdom and

pos: Nix Nought Nothing Nix Nought Nothing "Nix Nought Nothing" is a fairy tale included in Joseph Jacobs's anthology, "English Fairy Tales" (1898), but is not in fact "English" in the strict sense, but rather his reworking of the Scottish tale "Nicht Nought Nothing", originally collected by Andrew Lang from an old woman in Morayshire, Scotland. The story is of Aarne-Thompson folktale type 313, and has numerous cognates, very widely distributed. It also has close similarities to the Greek myth of Jason and Medea. Lang transcribed the tale dictated by "Miss Margaret Craig of Darliston, Elgin" in the dialect of Morayshire, and published the

pos: Cupid and Psyche religions accommodate multiple interpretations, and it has been analyzed as an allegory and in light of folktale, "Märchen" or fairy tale, and myth. Since the rediscovery of Apuleius's novel in the Renaissance, the reception of "Cupid and Psyche" in the classical tradition has been extensive. The story has been retold in poetry, drama, and opera, and depicted widely in painting, sculpture, and even wallpaper. Though Psyche is usually referred to in Roman mythology by her Greek name, her Roman name through direct translation is Anima The tale of Cupid and Psyche (or "Eros and Psyche") is placed at the midpoint

pos: Per Gynt Per Gynt "Per Gynt" () is a Norwegian fairy tale which originated in the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. It encompasses the themes of identity and relationship. "Per Gynt" tells the folktale of the eponymous Per Gynt and his various exploits. Per Gynt was a hunter from Kvam in Oppland. He rescues three dairy-maids from trolls and shoots the Bøyg, a troll which takes the form of a gigantic serpent and stands as a hindrance to travellers. The fairy tale is most famously recorded by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in "Norwegian Folktales" ("Norske Huldre-Eventyr og Folkesagn") which was first

pos: Allerleirauh Allerleirauh "Allerleirauh" () is a fairy tale recorded by the Brothers Grimm. Since the second edition published in 1819, it has been recorded as Tale no. 65. Andrew Lang included it in "The Green Fairy Book". It is Aarne–Thompson folktale type 510B, unnatural love. Others of this type include "Cap O' Rushes", "Donkeyskin", "Catskin", "Little Cat Skin", "The King who Wished to Marry His Daughter", "The She-Bear", "Mossycoat", "Tattercoats", "The Princess That Wore A Rabbit-Skin Dress", "Katie Woodencloak", and "The Bear". Indeed, some English translators of "Allerleirauh" titled that story "Catskin" despite the differences between the German and English tales.

pos: Allerleirauh had sworn never to look at her, but he has not driven her off. Allerleirauh "Allerleirauh" () is a fairy tale recorded by the Brothers Grimm. Since the second edition published in 1819, it has been recorded as Tale no. 65. Andrew Lang included it in "The Green Fairy Book". It is Aarne–Thompson folktale type 510B, unnatural love. Others of this type include "Cap O' Rushes", "Donkeyskin", "Catskin", "Little Cat Skin", "The King who Wished to Marry His Daughter", "The She-Bear", "Mossycoat", "Tattercoats", "The Princess That Wore A Rabbit-Skin Dress", "Katie Woodencloak", and "The Bear". Indeed, some English translators of

pos: The Crab and the Monkey The Crab and the Monkey The Crab and the Monkey, also known as or The Quarrel of the Monkey and the Crab, is a Japanese folktale. In the story, a sly monkey kills a crab, and is later killed in revenge by the crab's offspring. Retributive justice is the main theme of the story. Rev. David Thomson's translation, "The Battle of the Monkey and the Crab", was published as the third volume of Hasegawa Takejirō's Japanese Fairy Tale Series in 1885. Andrew Lang included a somewhat bowdlerized version in "The Crimson Fairy Book" (1903) and Yei Theodora Ozaki included it

pos: The Tale of Tsar Saltan revealed to be a beautiful princess, whom he marries. He is visited by the Tsar, who is overjoyed to find his newly married son and daughter-in-law. 2012 Malek Rama Lakhooma, Hannibal Alkhas' Assyrian Aramaic poem, loosely based on the Pushkin fairy tale, was staged in San Jose, CA (USA). Edwin Elieh composed the music available on CD. Ivan Bilibin made the following illustrations for Pushkin's tale in 1905: This basic folktale has variants from many lands. Compare: The Tale of Tsar Saltan The Tale of Tsar Saltan, of His Son the Renowned and Mighty Bogatyr Prince Gvidon Saltanovich, and of

pos: Maestro Lattantio and His Apprentice Dionigi Maestro Lattantio and His Apprentice Dionigi Maestro Lattantio and His Apprentice Dionigi is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giovanni Francesco Straparola in "The Facetious Nights of Straparola". This tale plays off a long tradition of conflict between apprentices and their masters; a common oral folktale is such a conflict, where the master is instructing in either magic or theft. One such oral variant is "The Thief and His Master". In Sicily, in the town of Messina, Maestro Lattantio had learned to be both a magician and a tailor. He took an apprentice, Dionigi, to teach to be a

pos: The Galoshes of Fortune The Galoshes of Fortune "The Galoshes of Fortune" () is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a set of time-travelling boots, considered to be inspired by the folktale of the "seven-league boots" ("syvmilestøvler"). The tale was first published by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark on 19 May 1838 with "The True Soldier" (one-act verse play) and "That Was Done by the Zombie" (poem) in "Three Poetical Works". Reitzel paid Andersen 40 rixdollars for the story. In the tale, Andersen continues to perfect his colloquial style. Andersen read the tale aloud in the late 1830s with his

pos: Per Gynt published in 1845. The folktale also served as inspiration for Henrik Ibsen's play "Peer Gynt" which was published in 1867. The play appeared on stage in 1876, accompanied by incidental music by composer Edvard Grieg who composed the "Peer Gynt Suite". Per Gynt "Per Gynt" () is a Norwegian fairy tale which originated in the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. It encompasses the themes of identity and relationship. "Per Gynt" tells the folktale of the eponymous Per Gynt and his various exploits. Per Gynt was a hunter from Kvam in Oppland. He rescues three dairy-maids from trolls and shoots the Bøyg,

pos: Afrikaans folklore who are concentrated in the Western Cape (Du Plessis can be regarded as one of South Africa's leading experts on Cape Malay stories). Following Bettelheim, Steenberg would probably regard the story as a fairy tale. It is a story of magic that reflects some aspects of the inner world of human beings. According to Miruka's classification of folktale content, it can be called an imaginary tale. This imaginary tale has a typically Eastern setting, with a rural atmosphere. There are hunters, a wood, rich landowners ("wazirs") and beautiful ladies ("poeteri"). There is a definite movement from an earthly space (the

pos: Fairy Tale about Father Frost, Ivan and Nastya Fairy Tale about Father Frost, Ivan and Nastya Fairy Tale about Father Frost, Ivan and Nastya (Czech: Pohádka o Mrazíkovi, Ivanovi a Nastěnce) is a 2000 Czech adventure game developed by Bohemia Interactive and Centauri Production. It was published by Bohemia Interactive. The game is heavily inspired by the 1964 Soviet Union fairy-tale movie "Jack Frost" ("Морозко"). "Fairy Tale about Father Frost, Ivan and Nastya" was included free with the January 2009 issue of "Počítač pro každého." Games.cz felt the game would appeal to children because it was simple, clear, nice, and interesting. Just Adventure felt the title would appeal

neg: Jack and the Beanstalk (1902 film) beanstalk has grown and he climbs to the top where he enters the giant's home. The giant finds Jack, who narrowly escapes. The giant chases Jack down the bean stalk, but Jack is able to cut it down before the giant can get to safety. He falls and is killed. Jack celebrates. The fairy then reveals that Jack may return home as a prince. Jack and the Beanstalk (1902 film) Jack and the Beanstalk is a 1902 American short film directed by George S. Fleming and Edwin S. Porter. In this earliest known adaptation of the classic fairytale, Jack first

neg: The Fairy-Tale Detectives same time, they are pursued by the police (the three little pigs). Sabrina, Daphne, and Puck escape the house on a magic carpet and fly to the Ferryport Landing jail where they rescue Jack (From Jack and the Beanstalk.) Jack forms a plan to sneak into the Mayor's Mansion and try to get information about the giant. But the giant finds them instead and wrecks the rich mayor's mansion. Sabrina (disguised as Momma Bear from Goldilocks) and Daphne (disguised as the Tinman) escape from Charming's office and find out that Jack tricked them. He was the one who set loose

neg: Fairy tale given weight by the definition of Thompson in his 1977 [1946] edition of "The Folktale": "a tale of some length involving a succession of motifs or episodes. It moves in an unreal world without definite locality or definite creatures and is filled with the marvellous. In this never-never land, humble heroes kill adversaries, succeed to kingdoms and marry princesses." The characters and motifs of fairy tales are simple and archetypal: princesses and goose-girls; youngest sons and gallant princes; ogres, giants, dragons, and trolls; wicked stepmothers and false heroes; fairy godmothers and other magical helpers, often talking horses, or foxes, or

neg: Castle Waiting Castle Waiting Castle Waiting is a graphic novel series created by Linda Medley. It is in a world of fairy tales and mythology featuring a mix of old-fashioned storytelling and more ironic, modern touches. The series brings together characters from several classic fairy tales, such as Simple Simon and Iron Henry, as well as referencing several others such as Jack and the Beanstalk and Sleeping Beauty. The story focuses predominantly on the daily lives of the characters and their interactions with one another, as well as their complicated pasts. The story begins with a stand-alone, prologue tale, "Castle Waiting: The

neg: Jack and the Beanstalk (1902 film) Jack and the Beanstalk (1902 film) Jack and the Beanstalk is a 1902 American short film directed by George S. Fleming and Edwin S. Porter. In this earliest known adaptation of the classic fairytale, Jack first trades his cow for the bean. His mother then makes him drop them in the front yard, and go to his room. As he sleeps, Jack is visited by a fairy who shows him glimpses of what will await him when he ascends the bean stalk. In this version, Jack is the son of a deposed king. When Jack wakes up, he finds the

neg: Jack (hero) Jack (hero) Jack is an archetypal Cornish and English hero and stock character appearing in legends, fairy tales, and nursery rhymes, generally portrayed as a young adult. Unlike moralizing fairy heroes, Jack is often portrayed as lazy or foolish, but through the use of cleverness and tricks he usually emerges triumphant. In this way, he may resemble a trickster. Some of the most famous are "Jack and the Beanstalk", "Jack Frost", "Jack the Giant Killer", "Little Jack Horner" and "This Is the House That Jack Built". While these heroes are not necessarily congruous, their concepts are related and in some

neg: Mixed-Up Fairy Tales become of five famous fairy tales; Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Bremen Town Musicians, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Snow White thanks to the machinations of a spiteful troll named Bookend. For instance, the prince can't find Cinderella because her glass slipper was stolen, Jack's axe is missing so he can't chop down the beanstalk, Snow White is lost and needs help finding the seven dwarves' house, etc. Bookwyrm, who had the book all the stories were recorded in, could always be consulted for directions to the player's next objective when he or she got stuck. The game has a

neg: Tiny Toon Adventures: The Great Beanstalk they climb the beanstalk and explore the areas above. Tiny Toon Adventures: The Great Beanstalk Tiny Toon Adventures: The Great Beanstalk (known as Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster and the Beanstalk in Europe) is the first "Tiny Toon Adventures" game released on the PlayStation. It was developed by Terraglyph Interactive Studios and published by NewKidCo on October 27, 1998. There is a game for Microsoft Windows by the name of "" that is very similar to this game. Inspired by the fairy story Jack and the Beanstalk, Plucky Duck and Buster Bunny have found the "Great Beanstalk". The player takes control

neg: Tiny Toon Adventures: The Great Beanstalk Tiny Toon Adventures: The Great Beanstalk Tiny Toon Adventures: The Great Beanstalk (known as Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster and the Beanstalk in Europe) is the first "Tiny Toon Adventures" game released on the PlayStation. It was developed by Terraglyph Interactive Studios and published by NewKidCo on October 27, 1998. There is a game for Microsoft Windows by the name of "" that is very similar to this game. Inspired by the fairy story Jack and the Beanstalk, Plucky Duck and Buster Bunny have found the "Great Beanstalk". The player takes control of Plucky Duck, who is following Buster Bunny as

neg: Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story light. That night, a man sneaks into Jack's house and takes him to see an old woman whom Jack recognizes as a great-aunt who he believed was dead. The old woman tells him the traditional version of the fairytale "Jack and the Beanstalk" in which the giant is portrayed as a selfish, gluttonous plot brute who cared for nothing and no one, subsequently giving him the last magic bean (the original Jack was given five beans but only four grew into the beanstalk, the fifth one landing on rock instead of earth), suggesting that the tale that she has told

neg: Jack the Giant Killer (2013 direct-to-video film) Jack the Giant Killer (2013 direct-to-video film) Jack the Giant Killer is a 2013 American fantasy film produced by The Asylum and directed by Mark Atkins. A modern take of the fairy tales "Jack the Giant Killer" and "Jack and the Beanstalk", the film stars Ben Cross and Jane March. It is a mockbuster of "Jack the Giant Slayer". It was released on DVD in the UK as The Giant Killer. After climbing a giant beanstalk, Jack discovers a land in the clouds populated by evil beasts. When the beasts make their way down to Earth, he must figure out

neg: Little Red Riding Rabbit Wolf" (1934) by Walt Disney, and "Little Red Walking Hood" (1937), "Red Hot Riding Hood" (1943), and "Little Rural Riding Hood" (1949) by Tex Avery. Friz Freleng had already directed four fairy-tale films: "Beauty and the Beast" (1934), "The Miller's Daughter" (1934), "The Trial of Mister Wolf" (1941), and "Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk" (1943). He would go on to direct "Red Riding Hoodwinked" (1955). Little Red Riding Rabbit Little Red Riding Rabbit is a 1944 Warner Bros. "Merrie Melodies" cartoon, directed by Friz Freleng, and starring Bugs Bunny. It is a sendup of the Little Red Riding Hood story, and

neg: Jean Stapleton as Mrs. Teevee, but she declined because it coincided with the production of the "All in the Family" pilot (the role went to Nora Denney). Stapleton appeared in made-for-TV movies and feature films such as "Something Wild" (1961), "Up the Down Staircase" (1967), "Klute" (1971), the comedy "Cold Turkey" (a 1971 Norman Lear film), "Tail Gunner Joe" (1977), and the "Faerie Tale Theatre" episode "Cinderella" as the Fairy Godmother and as the Giant's Wife in "Jack and the Beanstalk". She also had a recurring role on television's "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" as a British spy. She appeared in the educational

neg: Benjamin Tabart Benjamin Tabart Benjamin Tabart (1767–1833) was an English publisher and bookseller of the Juvenile Library in New Bond Street, London. Many of the books in his list were written by himself. In an age of strictly moralizing children's literature, he broke ground with his fairy tales and light-hearted nursery stories and chapbook tales. His is the first printed version (1804) of the tale of Jack and the Beanstalk. Tabart had for an editor Mary Jane Clairmont, the second (Mrs William Godwin) and maintained close professional relations with the prolific publisher, Sir Richard Phillips. The standard bibliography of Tabart's production is

neg: Benjamin Tabart Marjorie Moon, "Benjamin Tabart's Juvenile Library: A Bibliography of Books for Children Published, Written, Edited and Sold by Mr. Tabart, 1801–1820". (Winchester: St Paul's Bibliographies) 1990. Benjamin Tabart Benjamin Tabart (1767–1833) was an English publisher and bookseller of the Juvenile Library in New Bond Street, London. Many of the books in his list were written by himself. In an age of strictly moralizing children's literature, he broke ground with his fairy tales and light-hearted nursery stories and chapbook tales. His is the first printed version (1804) of the tale of Jack and the Beanstalk. Tabart had for an editor Mary

neg: Amanda Redington the Wicked Queen; and in "Jack and the Beanstalk" as the fairy. Redington played the title role in "Peter Pan" at the Lewisham Theatre; she also played Jack in "Jack and the Beanstalk"; and she played Sandy in "Grease" at the Palace Theatre in Manchester. Her film roles include Miss February in "Sahara Sandwich" (1991); Dorothy Rosenbaum in "Flodders in America" (1992); and Mandy in "The Best Thing in Life" (1993). Amanda Redington has also appeared in numerous TV commercials, including those for Persil, M&M's, Coca-Cola, Vauxhall Cavalier, Daily Mail, Lunn Poly, Hamlet Cigars, Maltesers, Traveler's cheques, Vodafone, and NatWest.

neg: Jack and the Beanstalk male figure. "Jack and the Beanstalk" is unusual in some versions in that the hero, although grown up, does not marry at the end but returns to his mother. In other versions he is said to have married a princess. This is found in few other tales, such as some variants of "Vasilisa the Beautiful". The original story portrays a "hero" gaining the sympathy of a man's wife, hiding in his house, robbing, and finally killing him. In Tabart's moralised version, a fairy woman explains to Jack that the giant had robbed and killed his father justifying Jack's actions as

neg: Shippeitaro them. The evil spirits appear as monkeys in most instances of the tale, as in the version of "Shippei Taro" given in Keigo Seki's anthology (translated into English 1963). In fact, this folktale is classified as tale type by Japanese folklorists. Tales in the group includes tales where the dog has no name, and even those with no helper dog appearing at all. In variants, the dog may have Suppeitarō, Suppetarō or a variety of other names, for example, "Sōtarō of temple in Shinano". The version of "Schippeitaro" in Andrew Lang's "The Violet Fairy Book" (1901) was taken from "Japanische

neg: Fairy tale mythical beings (e.g., elves, goblins, trolls, giants, huge monsters) should be taken as a differentiator. Vladimir Propp, in his "Morphology of the Folktale", criticized the common distinction between "fairy tales" and "animal tales" on the grounds that many tales contained both fantastic elements and animals. Nevertheless, to select works for his analysis, Propp used all Russian folktales classified as a folklore Aarne-Thompson 300-749 – in a cataloguing system that made such a distinction – to gain a clear set of tales. His own analysis identified fairy tales by their plot elements, but that in itself has been criticized, as the

neg: Grimm Job Dad!", "Bob's Burgers" and "The Simpsons". Grimm Job "Grimm Job" is the tenth episode of the twelfth season of the animated comedy series "Family Guy" and the 220th episode overall. It originally aired on Fox in the United States and Canada on January 12, 2014, and was directed by Joe Vaux and written by Alec Sulkin. In the episode, Peter reads Stewie three fairy tales: Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood and Cinderella. When Lois sends Peter in to check on Stewie who is having trouble sleeping, he sits down to read Stewie some fairy tales. Jack (played

neg: Grimm Job Grimm Job "Grimm Job" is the tenth episode of the twelfth season of the animated comedy series "Family Guy" and the 220th episode overall. It originally aired on Fox in the United States and Canada on January 12, 2014, and was directed by Joe Vaux and written by Alec Sulkin. In the episode, Peter reads Stewie three fairy tales: Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood and Cinderella. When Lois sends Peter in to check on Stewie who is having trouble sleeping, he sits down to read Stewie some fairy tales. Jack (played by Peter) is sent out by

neg: The Dragon (fairy tale) fact his mother Porziella has survived after fourteen years. The king in his contrition offers to forfeit his kingdom and his life to the fairy who safeguarded Miuccio and his mother all these years. But the fairy, now transforming into a beautiful maiden, only requires taking Miuccio as husband for services rendered. While the dead queen is tossed in the burial mound, the king takes Porziella as his new queen. An Icelandic analogue to the folktale type (AT 462) is "The Witch in the Stone Boat" (tr. Andrew Lang), originally collected by Jón Árnason as "Skessan á steinnökkvanum" (1864). In

neg: Jack (hero) to written, and like many Appalachian folksongs, trace back to sources in England. For instance, where the English original would feature a king or other noble, the Appalachian Jack tale version would have a sheriff. Some stories feature Jack's brothers, Will and Tom. Some Jack tales feature themes that trace to Germanic folk tales. Jack (hero) Jack is an archetypal Cornish and English hero and stock character appearing in legends, fairy tales, and nursery rhymes, generally portrayed as a young adult. Unlike moralizing fairy heroes, Jack is often portrayed as lazy or foolish, but through the use of cleverness and

neg: Jeju Province meat is also a delicacy of the island. In Jeju, a tale, myth, legend, folktale do not mean much to the old man. There is the only word, yetmal (, means ‘old language’). This yetmal contains the whole meaning of the tale, myth, legend, folktale. Moreover, it has a meaning of a proverb, tabooed tale, or foreseeing tale. In Jeju, a Story divides into ‘myth’, ‘legend’, and ‘folktale’. These are all passed down in the form of prosaic story and it has characteristics that speaker and listener comes face to face and they share the story goes on. And the

neg: Jack of Fables sure to keep the spin-off as its own independent character and not to be too connected to the main series like, as Willingham described, a "Fables Jr. kind of book." Like in "Fables", the series takes place in the contemporary world albeit with characters from fairy tales and folklore living alongside normal humans in secret. The story follows one such popular Fable named Jack Horner who is known from stories such as "Little Jack Horner", "Jack and the Beanstalk", "Jack and Jill", Jack Be Nimble, Jack Frost, Jack O'Lantern, Jack the Giant Killer and others. Jack is typically portrayed as

neg: Rapunzel replicated in "Jack and the Beanstalk", Jack trades a cow for beans, and in "Beauty and the Beast", Beauty comes to the Beast in return for a rose. Folkloric beliefs often regarded it as quite dangerous to deny a pregnant woman any food she craved. Family members would often go to great lengths to secure such cravings. Such desires for lettuce and like vegetables may indicate a need on her part for vitamins. An influence on Grimm's Rapunzel was "Petrosinella" or "Parsley", written by Giambattista Basile in his collection of fairy tales in 1634, "Lo cunto de li cunti" ("The