9/8: back to the seven ravens

Last year I spent some time looking at different versions of "The Seven Ravens" story, a tale from the Brothers Grimm which has been a favorite of mine since childhood. Today I realized that I should make it the subject of my term project for one of my classes, since we have to choose a myth or folktale and trace it through various renditions. So I started to poke around online, and I ordered some materials I hadn't seen before.  I also found a short animated film of the story which was made in the 1970s.  It had interesting art and interesting deviations from the Grimms' version. The world of that story is stark, but I'm glad to be re-entering it and discovering new things about it.