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I don't see Shrek as a fairytale... just a story with fairytale stereotypes.

Wow, that's amazing... Lilith sounds a bit like Queen Mab from Romeo and Juliet. God bless Mercutio. I will be taking a note of that link and doing some further reading when I get the chance... Thanks!

Multiples of three... A couple of years ago I read a very interesting paper, all about the power of the number three and its multiples (the most common one used to show importance or power is 9) in some mythologies, notably Greek and Norse. Here are a few examples: Thor kills the Midgard...

And Ariadne! Doomed to be almost forgotten though, I suppose. My favourite Greek myth... hmmm, I would have to say Hephaestus's story, his abuse by Hera, his trickery of her, and his marriage to Aphrodite. It's a story of triumph, but a bitter, pointless triumph in which nothing is really...

I always remembered reading about the fact that there is an eagle at the top of Yggdrasil, and a squirrel called Ratatosk who climbs up and down carrying insults between him and the Midgard serpent, biting the roots.

I think 'Shrek 2' is also a bit of a parody on the Hollywood dream... In fairytales there are many transformations by way of potions et cetera, as exemplified in Shrek. But the setting (Far Far Away, with its palm trees and movie set appearance), makes me think that the creators of Shrek are...

I believe there is a Japanese goddess, called Yukionna (?), a beautiful women to draws people into the forest in winter, where they die. If you're interested, I have an amazing picture I could post. There is an Inuit goddess called Sedna who was also very beautiful, but vain too. She denied...

Loki Laufeyjarson.

I would have to say Norse; it was the first I was introduced to, and has always had the power to captivate my imagination. I find its imagery very strong, and care more about the gods and godesses as characters, in general. I used to like Greek mythology almost as much, but reading Robert...