Reading Notes: Welsh Fairy Tales (Emerson) Part A

The Welsh (Emerson) unit was a really great read, but the language was a bit hard to understand since it is in Welsh. It's a lot different than English in that it's spelling is quite different. I chose this story because it was something that I've never heard about. After reading Part A I began to realize that this unit had many stories that revolved around fairies. I soon found out that fairies were more scary mythical creatures than I had previously known. I thought they were all like Disney fairies. I thought wrong. In the first of the stories there is a main character who is the queen of all fairies. She isn't the only character that is important in the story, but she has a big impact on the story. This story in particular showed the reader that fairies are very reasonable. They can use their magical powers for good or for revenge. The story is about the fairies who help the lives of two men and one of the men's sons. They are forever grateful and in return the son of the men aid the fairies in their quest to vanquish an evil witch. After their task is complete, the fairies grant the son a beautiful wife and they live happily ever after. If I were to retell this story I would want to keep a lot of the story the same. Except I would try to tell it from the sons perspective, this would give the story a new set of eyes and everything would be viewed differently. Even the emotions would be different. 

Welsh Fairy Tales (Emerson) by Peter Emerson, link to online reading

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