This is strangely entertaining:

RegenderRegender "translates" English-language pages from masculine to feminine, essentially. Names, pronouns, all get flipped. (I strongly recommend reading Genesis ( Read more... )

Dr. Ellis said he thinks that once the editing is done, my thesis will be complete. I'm in shock. Editing? That's it?

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In other news, I'm trying Pandora Radio for the first time today, on the advice of ryan_of_eris. Very cool - only radio station I know that will play Eubie Blake and Counting Crows back to back. Although I wish I could convince it to ( Read more... )

"O I forbid you, maidens a', That wear gowd on your hair,
To come or gae by Carterhaugh, For young Tam Lin is there."
-Tam Lin

Tam Lin Balladry includes dozens of versions of the ballad, analysis, comparisons to other tales, music, and art, as well as information on modern retellings. Attractive, straightforward layout and some good analysis.

Oh, I really wish I had the faintest idea of what to do with these - icons, maybe? bookplates? Alas, my graphic design skills, while better than some, do not extend to computer graphic manipulation ( Read more... )

This is a potentially very useful site:

Internet Public LibraryThe IPL was originally created by students and teachers at the University of Michigan School of Information, and currently hosted at Drexel University's College of Information Science and Technology, and in their own words, includes "over 40,000 Internet resources, hand picked, ( Read more... )

The Fairy Tales course is finishing Disney's Mulan today, and in honor of this, I am posting a copy of The Song of Hua Mu Lan and some links to websites about her.

( The Song of Hua Mu-Lan )

From the folklore and fairy tales section of my bookcase: Fearless Girls, Wise Women and Beloved Sisters: Heroines in Folktales from Around the World by Kathleen Ragan ( Read more... )

Check the pretty pictures out! I love this man's work.


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I've just finished skimming through The Endicott Studio's website (subtitled "An Interdisciplinary Organization Dedicated to the Creation and Support of Mythic Art"), and I'm seriously impressed. Although, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised - the online "Journal of Mythic Arts" (hosted on the site) is edited by Terri Windling and Midori Snyder, and ( Read more... )