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From: Denise Anton Wright <denise>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 11:01:33 -0600
Linda & all - While we're on this grisly topic, don't forget the marvelous folktales revolving around the "hand of glory" (a severed hand from a hanged criminal - believed to exert a spell that would aid robbers). In the British variants it's usually a woman or girl that saves the day and alerts the house/inn about the robbery. - Denise
Denise Anton Wright Library Development Consultant Alliance Library System 2201 Eastland Drive, Suite 2 Bloomington, IL 61704 1?0p0H57, ext. 2206
(309) 661?53 Fax denise at darkstar.rsa.lib.il.us http://www.rsa.lib.il.us
Message----From: Linda Mundt [mailto:lemundt at facstaff.wisc.edu] Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 10:25 AM To: Subscribers of ccbc-net Subject: [CCBC-Net] severed hands
Although I have not been following this thread at each twist and turn, I seem to recall that most of the postings have been about men and boys. I find it interesting that the Grimm brothers tell a story about a girl whose hands have been cut off by her father. There are similar stories in other cultures (an African one comes to mind) about girls who have had their hands severed by their fathers, none literary tales, all folklore.
Linda Mundt School of Library and Information Studies University of Wisconsin-Madison 600 N. Park Street, Room 4263 Madison, WI 53706
608/263D52 phone 608/263H49 fax
Received on Tue 16 Jan 2001 11:01:33 AM CST
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 11:01:33 -0600
Linda & all - While we're on this grisly topic, don't forget the marvelous folktales revolving around the "hand of glory" (a severed hand from a hanged criminal - believed to exert a spell that would aid robbers). In the British variants it's usually a woman or girl that saves the day and alerts the house/inn about the robbery. - Denise
Denise Anton Wright Library Development Consultant Alliance Library System 2201 Eastland Drive, Suite 2 Bloomington, IL 61704 1?0p0H57, ext. 2206
(309) 661?53 Fax denise at darkstar.rsa.lib.il.us http://www.rsa.lib.il.us
Message----From: Linda Mundt [mailto:lemundt at facstaff.wisc.edu] Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 10:25 AM To: Subscribers of ccbc-net Subject: [CCBC-Net] severed hands
Although I have not been following this thread at each twist and turn, I seem to recall that most of the postings have been about men and boys. I find it interesting that the Grimm brothers tell a story about a girl whose hands have been cut off by her father. There are similar stories in other cultures (an African one comes to mind) about girls who have had their hands severed by their fathers, none literary tales, all folklore.
Linda Mundt School of Library and Information Studies University of Wisconsin-Madison 600 N. Park Street, Room 4263 Madison, WI 53706
608/263D52 phone 608/263H49 fax
Received on Tue 16 Jan 2001 11:01:33 AM CST
