Gluck's Ten Life Enriching Lessons for Grownups: I normally read children's books during Christmastime. Under pressure from his brothers (where's that gold?), Gluck tells Hans and Schwartz about the dwarf's story and his challenge. The dwarf king offers Gluck a challenge: whoever climbs the mountain to the source of the Golden River and throw into it three drops of holy water, for him and him only the river will "turn to gold." But if the person throws in unholy water, they'll turn into a black stone. But when Gluck, following their orders, goes to pour the melted gold from his mug out of the crucible to shape it into bars, it magically turns into a golden dwarf, the King of the Golden River. Hans and Schwartz steal it away to melt it down for their business.
Gluck has a beloved heirloom, a golden mug shaped like a bearded man's head. Since farming is no good any more, the older brothers become goldsmiths. The Southwest Wind uses his influence with the other winds to turn the brothers' fertile valley into a dry wasteland. Bad move: the man was actually the Southwest Wind, who they've now deeply offended, and this is the beginning of terrible luck for the brothers.
When the two older brothers Hans and Schwartz (aka the Black Brothers) find out, they insult the little man and throw him out. One day Gluck, against his brothers' orders, lets a soaking wet little man into their home to warm himself. In the traditional way, there are three brothers, the oldest two wicked and selfish and the youngest one (Gluck, meaning "luck") goodhearted. I grew up with this delightful fable, written in 1841 by John Ruskin, and set in the lovely mountainous Styria, part of Austria. When the two older brothers Hans an Kindle and Gutenberg freebie, a novelette for those who love old-fashioned fairy tales. Kindle and Gutenberg freebie, a novelette for those who love old-fashioned fairy tales. It’s much more a classical fairytale than it is a fantasy epic, but it nevertheless was an important stepping stone for later fantasy authors to climb on. The King of the Golden River tells the tale of three brothers and their quest for riches, aided by mythic and magical factors. Even prior to this tale, fantasy in some shape or form had always been a part of any culture, but this is in many ways the breakthrough of modern fantasy, although it never achieved commercial success. I’m choosing this as the point from which to base my fantastical reading ambitions. Before all of them, all the way back to the year 1841, John Ruskin wrote The King of the Golden River. Going further back, one can find the early 20th century classics that inspired the master, and even further back, George MacDonald’s legendary The Princess and the Goblin. Tolkien is often, with good reason, regarded as the father of fantasy, despite the fact that there was a vast expanse of stories before his time. I’m choosing t There are many starting points within the fantasy genre.
There are many starting points within the fantasy genre.
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