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“Before we solve that particular problem,” says Wen, warming to her theme, “I’d like to spend some time considering the craving motif.”
“It is not particularly overt in the Grimm version. I even thought about including it as a problem.”
“It is occluded in Grimm, one could be forgiven for thinking that Rapunzel is named on a whim.”
“Not so in Petrosinella!”
“She even gets the birthmark, presumably because the craving for parsley is only partially satisfied.”
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Sue Vincent was a Yorkshire born writer, esoteric teacher and a Director of The Silent Eye. She was immersed in the Mysteries all her life. Sue maintained a popular blog and is co-author of The Mystical Hexagram with Dr G.M.Vasey. Sue lived in Buckinghamshire, having been stranded there due to an accident with a blindfold, a pin and a map. She had a lasting love-affair with the landscape of Albion, the hidden country of the heart. Sue passed into spirit at the end of March 2021.
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