The Realms Series is out and kicking, so now is the time I wanted to share the base-line inspirations for these characters. You can't have a Fairy Tale Retelling without the Fairy Tale, after all! And I want to pay credit where credit is due, or else give some story-time recommendations for you to delve into during this time of shelter-in-place. So here it is, The Realms Series Ultimate Fairy Tale Key! (As a helpful note for all you who dislike spoilers, this is by order of appearance / mention in the series. So if you're reading the series, and if a character name pops up that you haven't yet been introduced to, you can stop there! Or else read on and enjoy looking forward to meeting some more wonderful characters and fairy tales!) (Also, anyone with a fairy tale inspiration is mentioned. Any character who did not have a fairy tale basis is not mentioned.) The Realms Series Ultimate Fairy Tale Key Alice Pleasance Liddell – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll; Alice Pleasance Hargreaves (1852 - 1934) Lorna Liddell – Lorina Charlotte Skene (1849 - 1930) and Edith May Liddell (1854 - 1876) Wendy Moira Angela Darling – Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up and Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie Captain James Hook – Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up and Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie; James Matthew Barrie (1860 – 1937) Peter Pan – The Little White Bird, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up, and Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie Tiger Lily – Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up and Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie Tinker Bell – Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up and Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie John Darling – Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up and Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie Michael Darling – Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up and Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie The White Rabbit – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Tweedle-Dum – Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll; “Tweedledum and Tweedledee,” an English Nursery Rhyme Tweedle-Dee – Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll; “Tweedledum and Tweedledee,” an English Nursery Rhyme Remus / The Mad Hatter – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll The March Hare – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll The Blue Caterpillar – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll The Cheshire Cat – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Helena / The Queen of Hearts / The Red Queen - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll Jack Caldwell – “Jack and the Beanstalk,” an English Fairy Tale; “Jack the Giant Killer,” an English Legend; “Jack and Jill,” a Nursery Rhyme Kai Ødegård - The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen Red / Rubina Ellen Daim – “Little Red Riding Hood,” a European Folk Tale Gerda Vår – The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen The Snow Queen – The Snow Queen and The Ice Maiden by Hans Christian Andersen Fang – “Little Red Riding Hood,” an English Folk Tale Celeste / The White Queen – Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll The Duchess – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Jill Silver – “Jack and Jill,” a Nursery Rhyme The Knave of Hearts – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll The Dormouse - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Dinah – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll Mary Anne – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll The Jabberwock – “Jabberwocky” and Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll Boojum – “The Hunting of the Snark” by Lewis Carroll Bill – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Jane Margaret Hook – Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up and Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie The Ticking Crocodile – Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up and Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie Slightly – Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up and Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie The Twins – Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up and Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie Tootles – Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up and Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie Nibs – Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up and Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie Curly – Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up and Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie Bagheera – The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling The Chief – Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up and Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie Mister Smee – Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up and Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie The Neverbird – Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up and Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie Bill Jukes – Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up and Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie Noodles – Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up and Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie Kaa – The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling Sylvia Hook – Sylvia Llewelyn Davies (1866 – 1910) Long John Silver – Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Jim Hawkins – Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Anney – Anne Bonny (1697 – 1782) Cookson – Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up and Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie Mister Starkey – Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up and Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie Calico – Calico Jack (1682 – 1720) Mullins – Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up and Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie Mister and Mrs. Darling – Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up and Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie Liza – Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up and Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie Nana – Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up and Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie Porthos – Porthos (1894 – 1901) Skylights – Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up and Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie Carabosse – Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault; The Sleeping Beauty by Marius Petipa Zoë – The Golden Touch by Nathaniel Hawthorne; King Midas from Greek Mythology Lupa – “Little Red Riding Hood,” an English Folk Tale; Big Bad Wolf Character in European Tales and Fables Bluebeard – “Bluebeard” by Charles Perrault King Thrushbeard – “King Thrushbeard” by the Brothers Grimm; “The Princess Who Never Smiled” by Alexander Afanasyev; Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault Queen Euna – “King Thrushbeard” by the Brothers Grimm; “The Princess Who Never Smiled” by Alexander Afanasyev; Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault Jim Hawkins / The Woodsman – “Little Red Riding Hood,” an English Folk Tale; Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Aurore / Briar Rose – Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault; Aurore and Aimée by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont Ingénu – Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault; Aurore and Aimée by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont Clopin Trouillefou – The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo Esmeralda – The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo Quasimodo – The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo Gretel – “Hansel and Gretel” by the Brothers Grimm Hansel – “Hansel and Gretel” by the Brothers Grimm Phoebus – The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo Isbjørn / The Bear Wizard – “East of the Sun and West of the Moon” by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe; “The Princess Who Never Smiled” by Alexander Afanasyev Fenrir – Norse Mythology Lycaon – Greek Mythology Nozrok – “Jack and the Beanstalk,” an English Fairy Tale Cormoran – “Jack the Giant Killer,” an English Legend Cormelian – “Jack the Giant Killer,” an English Legend Blunderbore – “Jack the Giant Killer,” an English Legend Gogmagog – “Jack the Giant Killer,” an English Legend; Gogmagog Welsh and English Legend Alba – Gogmagog Welsh and English Legend Galigantus – “Jack the Giant Killer,” an English Legend Yldaa – “Jack and the Beanstalk,” an English Fairy Tale Golden Goose – “Jack and the Beanstalk,” an English Fairy Tale Thunderdell – “Jack the Giant Killer,” an English Legend Spider – “Little Miss Muffet,” a Nursery Rhyme; “Itsy Bitsy Spider,” a Nursery Rhyme Brann – “Jack Be Nimble,” a Nursery Rhyme Cat – “Hey, Diddle, Diddle,” a Nursery Rhyme The Fiddler – “Hey, Diddle, Diddle,” a Nursery Rhyme; “Old King Cole,” a Nursery Rhyme Liesel – “Hickory, Dickory, Dock,” a Nursery Rhyme Blue – “Little Boy Blue,” a Nursery Rhyme Tom – “Little Jack Horner,” a Nursery Rhyme; Tom Thumb from English Folklore Crooked – “There Was a Crooked Man,” a Nursery Rhyme Madame – “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep,” a Nursery Rhyme Ms. Marie – “Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary,” a Nursery Rhyme Balthaz / Shep – “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep,” a Nursery Rhyme Bleddyn – “Hey, Diddle, Diddle,” a Nursery Rhyme Gruff – “Three Billy Goats Gruff” by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe Frost / Rudy – Jack Frost Legends; The Ice Maiden by Hans Christian Anderson The Finnish Witch / Taika – The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen The Lappish Witch / Noaidi – The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen Häxan – The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen Mr. Crow – The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen Mrs. Crow – The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen Bae – The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen Inga – The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen Tjuv – The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen Babette – The Ice Maiden by Hans Christian Andersen Latham – The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen Lovisa – The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen Bonus Stories Briefly Mentioned in The Realms Series “The Story of the Three Bears” by Robert Southey Cinderella; or The Little Glass Slipper by Charles Perrault “Snow White and the Seven Dwarves” by the Brothers Grimm Beauty and the Beast by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve “Molly Whuppie” by Joseph Jacobs / “Maol a Chliobain” by John Francis Campbell “The Little Mermaid” by Hans Christian Andersen Sword Kladenets from Russian Fairy Tales Hope you enjoyed that not-so-little list of fairy tales! As always, I highly recommend reading the originals in order to truly appreciate a retelling (but that may also be the fairy tale geek inside me).
Much love to you all! Stay safe, stay hopeful, maybe read a few fairy tales. With Love, Emory R. Frie
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"Stories help us remember what we never want to forget" - Neverland (The Realms Series, Book Two) AuthorEmory R. Frie is the award-winning author of Heart of a Lion and The Realms Series, and has works published by The Journal, Darling Magazine and Ramifications. She is the founder of Life Lights Copywriting for social businesses and nonprofits, has a bachelor's in creative writing at Berry College and currently lives in Boone, NC. |