Three stories this week from the Danish fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen about people that are matchless. The first is the tale of the emperor and his new clothes, where an emperor who needs a new coat every hour gets an offer he can't refuse. The second is about a boy who wants to marry the daughter of a monarch and all the cool gadgets and racially insensitive cosplaying he'll do to win her hand, and the third is the story of the little match girl. That one literally has matches in it. I still do puns.
The creature is the scariest couch potato in the world. If the seas have couches. I mean, they probably have lots of couches with how much trash we throw into them. Ok, I'm sad now.
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The Emperor's New Clothes: https://www.mythpodcast.com/sources/the-emperors-new-clothes-by-hans-christian-andersen/
The Swineherd: https://www.mythpodcast.com/sources/the-swineherd-hans-christian-andersen/
The Little Match Girl: https://www.mythpodcast.com/sources/the-little-match-girl-hans-christian-andersen/
The Little Match Girl
The Disney version I was referring to is part of the "Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection" currently on Netflix. It's the third film in the collection starting at about 17:30.
I'm not sure if copyright law prohibits me from linking to a (likely) pirated version, but if you wanted to Google "The Little Match Girl 2006" and watch the first video that pops up I can't imagine I could stop you.
The six and a half minute film is also for sale on YouTube for $2. Here's the trailer:
Thank you for sharing The Little Matchgirl. This has been my favorite story since I was a very young girl; it is one of the first I remember reading. I can honestly say this is my first memory of empathy. It’s interesting to re-encounter it as an adult hearing about the lesson it’s meant to teach children. It leads me to believe children are much more prescriptive and tougher than we like to think.
The song in the Swine Prince is this one: https://youtu.be/2hpziFARnQw
But a variation of it. The princess sings it like “Ach, du lieber Augustin, alles is væk væk væk”
Væk is Danish for “gone”, so the song we Danish children learn is understood to be something like “Alas, my dear Augustin, everything is gone, gone, gone” making it quite melancholic when she sings it at the end.
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My only complaint about the Disney version (and maybe I’m dense – feel free to say so!) is that I didn’t feel like the ending was clear enough. It felt more like she was simply waking up and being led off than she was dead and her spirit/whatever was being helped along by her grandmother. And I did know the tale well before seeing the animation – it’s been a favorite of mine since childhood and I’m old. ;)
I do want to say to Jason – your version was fantastic. Although being a big softie (and already knowing what was coming) I was in tears almost from the beginning, it was an amazing telling. Also, the music was perfect. Thank you for a great listen!