tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524743884416328260.post8508339399595262987..comments2024-03-11T22:15:48.675-07:00Comments on ONCE UPON A BLOG: The Legend of 'Ladyhawke' (A Deep Dive)Gypsy Thorntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05376146830985305127noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524743884416328260.post-33016529043664153342019-07-31T08:37:14.068-07:002019-07-31T08:37:14.068-07:00Makes sense! It's one of my favorite fairy tal...Makes sense! It's one of my favorite fairy tales, largely because of the day/ night aspect and how weird and fascinating Watho is. (It was actually the subject of one of my dissertation chapters - I spilled entirely too much ink considering Watho as a hybrid witch and "mad" scientist, trying to parse how we might consider her methods as magical or scientific, motherly or monstrous.) Thanks again for this wonderful piece - I really enjoyed reading it!Sara Cletohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09320841551737234530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524743884416328260.post-45191791386108107932019-07-30T09:09:33.462-07:002019-07-30T09:09:33.462-07:00That IS interesting! Funny how Ladyhawke was part ...That IS interesting! Funny how Ladyhawke was part of the experience for you as you were writing. I refuse to think it's coincidence. ;)Gypsy Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05376146830985305127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524743884416328260.post-77024445209113623902019-07-30T09:07:57.916-07:002019-07-30T09:07:57.916-07:00Thanks Sara! I'm super-familiar with The Day B...Thanks Sara! I'm super-familiar with The Day Boy & the Night Girl. I considered it but the "curse" wasn't really a curse, just a manipulation by the witch to finish the two mothers' pregnancies in very controlled conditions then raise the kids in completely opposite environments (boy only knew day, girl only knew night) -weirdo-exprimenting! The witch (Watho! - always remembered her name) has things in common with the Marsh King's Daughter in the way she's described, though her transformation isn't were-like - it's shaman-like - and her dark nature takes over in the end with her death revealing her true form.<br />I did as much digging as I could to see if it were likely that Khmara might have read Macdonald's work for the Night & Day parallel but couldn't find anything to support it. I still find it interesting there aren't more day/night stories, really.<br />Thanks for the note. I should have made a note since it is one of the very few tales that use the day/night to keep two people apart. I will try to make time to add an edit - thank you!Gypsy Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05376146830985305127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524743884416328260.post-64726208770234410572019-07-30T08:16:50.393-07:002019-07-30T08:16:50.393-07:00Thank you for this wonderful (and so throughly res...Thank you for this wonderful (and so throughly researched!) article! Another day/ night "curse" that might be of interest occurs in George MacDonald's fairy tale Photogen and Nycteris: The Day Boy and the Night Girl (it was published under several slightly different names, but these keywords are always enough to find it!) The protagonists are raised by a witch in such a way that they each become kind of avatars of the day (Photogen) and night (Nycteris), but neither can tolerate the opposite time of day. There is also animal transformation: the witch can turn into a wolf and is haunted by the figure of the wolf throughout the fairy tale. There are likely connections to “Bisclavret,” too. Thanks again!Sara Cletohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09320841551737234530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524743884416328260.post-61304707041179602792019-07-29T02:55:04.061-07:002019-07-29T02:55:04.061-07:00Thanks for this wonderful article! I never knew th...Thanks for this wonderful article! I never knew there was supposed to be a connection with a legend, so I don’t need any convincing that there wasn’t one. Interesting mention of Bisclavret - I wrote a YA novel inspired by it, as seen from the viewpoint of the cursed knight’s young page, who flees the castle and the nasty lovers to find his master. When I was doing my final edit for my publisher, I played Ladyhawke on DVD, inspired by that score. And I sneaked in a scene where the newly restored knight is whirling around his first love, whom he had given up when he had his arranged marriage... Couldn’t resist! Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.com