The Tradition of Fairy Tales: An Interview with Dcn. Nicholas Kotar | Storied Souls | The CP Podcast
"Once upon a time." The words are an invitation into a world where virtue sparkles and vice is grotesque, and children love to inhabit such a place. But for the mom reading her first set of Grimm’s fairy tales, it’s a different story. They’re dark. There’s magic. Things get a little wild. If you’ve ever found yourself rewriting an old fairy tale on the fly because you weren’t sure it should be read aloud, you’re in good company. But when you’ve been told these are classical must-reads for young children, you have to ask: Why are fairy tales important?
I’m joined by Dcn. Nicholas Kotar to discuss the tradition of and need for fairytales. If our hope, in classical education, is to conform our children’s souls to Reality, we need to teach them to see as things really are.
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Nicholas Kotar is an author, translator, and teacher who writes epic fantasy and science fiction inspired by Slavic fairy tales. You can find his books on Waystone Press and more about his podcast, courses, and Patreon on his website: nicholaskotar.com/
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Yay!! I've seen the pints with aquinas interview as well it was AMAZING so thrilled to see you talk with him! Autumn your channel continues to be the best ever!!! So happy to see your reach grow and to see the influence of all things classical ! So excited to listen!!!
@thecommonplacehomeschool
24 күн бұрын
That interview is so good. I hope more people follow along with Dcn. Nicholas' work from all of his interviews! Thank you for the encouragement!
Can you PLEASE do a video on how you accomplish so much with a little? I’m starting kinderleben this fall w my 4 yo and just feeling overwhelmed w how I’m going to fit all this extra reading and mental work in to prepare and keep up with dishes cooking cleaning laundry etc
@thecommonplacehomeschool
19 күн бұрын
I have several resources like this in Common House! My timetables/schedules, rhythms, etc. from the early years when I started schooling my eldest, with two more toddlers, etc! commonhouse.mn.co
I really loved this interview and was thinking about how similar his interests are to Jonathan Pageau. I started to do some research on Dcn. Nicholas and discovered that in fact he is also a contributor to the Symbolic World! This was a great crossover of two of my favorite podcasts.
@thecommonplacehomeschool
23 күн бұрын
Oh yes! They do overlap with projects!
Let’s go!!!!
@MelonieL83
25 күн бұрын
I’m just soaking all of this goodness in!
@thecommonplacehomeschool
24 күн бұрын
Ah! Isn't every answer full of goodness?!
really enjoyed this episode, thank you for sharing!!
@thecommonplacehomeschool
24 күн бұрын
Thank you for listening! I highly encourage you to find Dcn. Nicholas other places!
@theworkofherhands
24 күн бұрын
@@thecommonplacehomeschool will definitely be doing that, thank you!!
Loved this🥰
@thecommonplacehomeschool
24 күн бұрын
I'm so happy to hear it!
36:39 "Once upon a time, in a certain place, a certain mother, for the love of her children, looked with somber determination out upon a sea of garbage fairy tales. Lifting the hem of her apron, boldly she dipped her toe into unknown waters..." 😂😂😂
@thecommonplacehomeschool
21 күн бұрын
Bahahah. Yes.
As a second gen homeschooler who grew up listening to the old Brothers Grimm fairytales, I was excited to introduce them to my own children. However, my oldest daughter is extremely sensitive to stories. If anything "bad" or "scary" happens in a story she will scream for me to stop reading and run away. I am sometimes able to get around this by skipping parts of a story and briefly telling her what happened. I thought she would grow out of this with age, but she is 7 now and still remains sensitive. I want to share the rich world of fairytales with her, but when we struggle to get through the tamer tails like "Hansel and Gretal" I don't know how to get through the often dark original stories. Any suggestions?
@thecommonplacehomeschool
23 күн бұрын
I'm asked this occasionally and I don't have any great answers that you've not already thought about. Can you pinpoint what is the scary element? Rather than "scary story"? Is it a mother role being evil? A dark monster figure? Etc. That might help draw a line around stories she may like/may not?
You’re going to open a classical school aren’t you Autumn 😂
@thecommonplacehomeschool
24 күн бұрын
Haha! Wouldn't that be fun? I like teaching too much to be pulled into administration but we'll see what God does!
@luccalele9740
24 күн бұрын
@@thecommonplacehomeschool I just laughed when I saw your eyes get big hearing about the school they started haha! I get that. My parents and some other families at church started a whole school for us because they didn’t want to send us anywhere. Being homeschoolers now it’s always a temptation to create the perfect CM school isn’t it 🫣 but yes the admin, I’m not made for that 😂
@thecommonplacehomeschool
21 күн бұрын
@@luccalele9740 I'm the gal to call when you want to find a stone cottage near a creek for a school property. I'll get the lamppost in the trees asap. Will I track down the paperwork and make sure we're legal? Absolutely not.
@luccalele9740
21 күн бұрын
@@thecommonplacehomeschool hahaha also me 🙋🏻♀️