Referance: The Annotated Classic Fairy Tale By Maria Tatar,
Episode 9: The Fairy
This is a tale on the art of conversation and having good manners else you may end up vomiting snakes and toads.
Reference: The Annotated Classic Fairy Tale By Maria Tatar, The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales edited by Jack Zipes and SurLaLunefairytales.com
Episode 8: Cupid and Psyche
Reference: Bulfinch's Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch, The Annotated Classic Fairy Tale By Maria Tatar, The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales edited by Jack Zipes and SurLaLunefairytales.com
Episode 7: The Red Shoes
The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales edited by Jack Zipes, Song clip of Red Shoes by the Drugstore by Tom Waits from Blue Valentine.
Episode 6: Beauty and the Beast
Reference: The Annotated Classic Fairy Tale By Maria Tatar, The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales edited by Jack Zipes and SurLaLunefairytales.com
Episode 5: Mary Byrd by Richard L. Smith
A Real Life Carey Tale, An Irish Tale
Episode 4: Bluebeard by Charles Perrault
Reference for this episode: The Annotated Classic Fairy Tale By Maria Tatar, The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales edited by Jack Zipes and SurLaLunefairytales.com
Episode 3: The Six Swans collected by the Brothers Grimm
Reference: Pantheon.org , The Grimm Reader by Maria Tatar, The Complete First Edition The Original Folk Tales of the Brothers Grimm Translated and edited by Jack Zipes, The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales edited by Jack Zipes and SurLaLunefairytales.com
Episode 2: The Little Mermaid
An under water kingdom, the pursuit of an eternal soul and unrequited love. The classic fairy tale The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen
Books of reference: The Annotated Classic Fairy Tale By Maria Tatar, The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales Edited By Jack Zipes, Hans Christian Andersen His Fairy Tale life by Hjordis Varmer-Lilian Brogger, Hans Christian Andersen The Life of a Storyteller by Jackie Wullschlager
Episode 1: Vasilisa The Fair
Vasilisa The Fair: A mother’s last blessing, jealous stepsisters and a dominating stepmother. This fairy tale is a story of all this and a lovely young girl trying to survive it all.
Books of reference for this episode: The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales by Maria Tatar, The Irresistible Fairy Tale by Jack Zipes, Fairy Tales from Before Fairy Tales by Jan M. Ziokowski, Russian Fairy Tales Collected by Alexander Afanas’ev and Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore by William Ralston Shedden Ralston