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Wolf down stray from the path mp35/22/2023 I was twelve when I first watched Neil Jordan’s The Company of Wolves, which was the precise age of its main protagonist Rosaleen (Sarah Patterson). “Little girls, this seems to say / Never stop upon your way / Never trust a stranger friend / No-one knows how it will end / As you’re pretty, so be wise / Wolves may lurk in every guise / Now as then, ’tis simple truth / Sweetest tongue has sharpest tooth” My vivid imagination has always been my most treasured asset and these parables fueled my intrigue to such a degree that my sleeping hours became densely populated with all manner of wonderful, mythical creatures. The brothers popularized many German and Scandinavian mythologies during their lifetime and these have become cherished folk-lore over the past two centuries, bedtime stories for young whippersnappers who have drunk their milk and eaten their cookies. In particular the works of Jacob and Wilheim Grimm from the early nineteenth century allowed my over-active imagination to soar. Fairy tales always fascinated me as a child.
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