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  2. Hansel and Gretel - Wikipedia

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    Hansel and Gretel meeting the witch, by Alexander Zick. Hansel and Gretel are the young children of a poor woodcutter. When a famine settles over the land, the woodcutter's second wife tells him to take the children into the woods and leave them there to fend for themselves. The woodcutter opposes the plan, but his wife repeats her demands ...

  3. Hansel and Gretel (opera) - Wikipedia

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    Hansel and Gretel (German: Hänsel und Gretel) is an opera by nineteenth-century composer Engelbert Humperdinck, who described it as a Märchenoper (fairy-tale opera). The libretto was written by Humperdinck's sister, Adelheid Wette , based on the Grimm brothers ' fairy tale of the same name .

  4. Food in The Chronicles of Narnia - Wikipedia

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    In fairy-tales such as "Hansel and Gretel," according to Ansam Khyoon, food is associated with times of famine and danger. [12] It is also sometimes associated with temptation. [ 10 ] Mary Werner has argued that Christina Rossetti 's lavish depiction of fruit in her poem, " Goblin Market " may have influenced Lewis's portrayal of food as ...

  5. In "Hansel and Gretel," Hansel speaks more often and for longer than his sister, and the first phrase he utters to her happens to be, "Quiet, Gretel." This explicit shushing is a common thread throughout the Grimms' take on folklore; spells of silence are cast on women more than they are on men, and the characters most valued by male suitors ...

  6. Hansel and Gretel (1987 film) - Wikipedia

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    Hansel and Gretel (alternatively: Cannon Movie Tales: Hansel and Gretel) is a 1987 fantasy musical film, part of the 1980s film series titled Cannon Movie Tales. It is directed by Len Talan and stars David Warner, Cloris Leachman, Hugh Pollard and Nicola Stapleton.

  7. List of The Cuphead Show! episodes - Wikipedia

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    In a parody of Hansel and Gretel, Cuphead is told to learn about resisting temptation after eating Mugman's leftover Halloween candy. While wandering in the woods, Cuphead discovers a world made entirely of sweets called Sugarland, where the ruler, Baroness Von Bon Bon, allows him to eat whatever he wants on the condition that he not tell ...

  8. Engelbert Humperdinck (composer) - Wikipedia

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    With its highly original synthesis of Wagnerian techniques and traditional German folk songs, Hansel and Gretel was an instant and overwhelming success. [1] Hansel and Gretel has always been Humperdinck's most popular work. [citation needed] In 1923, the Royal Opera House (London) chose it for their first complete radio opera broadcast.

  9. True North (Once Upon a Time) - Wikipedia

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    "True North" is the ninth episode of the first season of the American fairy tale drama television series Once Upon a Time. The series takes place in the fictional seaside town of Storybrooke, Maine, in which the residents are actually characters from various fairy tales that were transported to the "real world" town by a powerful curse.