Showing results for "Marion" in Fairy Tales

A posthumous recipient of the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement, Marion Zimmer Bradley reinvented - and rejuvenated - the King Arthur mythos with her extraordinary Mists of Avalon series. In this epic work, Bradley follows the arc of the timeless tale from the perspective of its previously marginalized female characters: Celtic priestess Morgaine, Gwenhwyfar, and High Priestess Viviane.

Khaled is a genie who has fallen in love with the beautiful Zehowah, the only child of the powerful Sultan of Nejed. Zehowah is courted by suitors from far and wide. When she seems inclined to accept the proposal of a handsome Indian prince, Khaled, with his special powers, recognizes the prince's deceitful nature and whisks him into the desert to kill and bury him. In consequence, Khaled is punished by losing his rank as a genie and is given the body of a human, though without a soul, which he can obtain only if he wins the love of the proud and headstrong princess Zehowah.

Tutti conosciamo la storia della guerra di Troia. I protagonisti sono Achille, Ettore, Paride, Priamo, Aiace, Odisseo: uomini che danno grandi prove di coraggio, che combattono per l'onore di uno di loro, per il potere, per difendere la propria città o per la rabbia di una perdita che lascia un vuoto incolmabile. Uomini che uccidono, rapiscono, imbrogliano, stuprano... Ma forse la storia vera non è proprio come ce l'hanno raccontata. Molte donne l'hanno abitata e non erano solo prede da riscattare, ma regine, guerriere, sacerdotesse.

Die berühmten Märchen-Klassiker der Brüder Grimm als aufwendige Hörspiel-Neuvertonungen für die ganze Familie.