East of the Sun, West of the Moon

Alicia explores the radiant “East of the Sun, West of the Moon” and how a Christian artist could approach retelling it. Topics discussed include compass directions, handling awkward or strange episodes in fairy tales, wind imagery in Scripture, natural theology, and the imaginative atmosphere created by trolls.

Resources

• Lucius Apuleius’s The Golden Ass, which contains the tale “Cupid and Psyche”
• C.S. Lewis’s Voyage of the Dawn Treader
• C.S. Lewis’s essay “On Stories”
• Popular Tales from the Norse, tales collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe, translated by Sir George Webbe Dasent
• “East of the Sun, West of the Moon” on Gutenberg
• Ben Keyes’s lecture, “Caring for Creation (IV): Does the Natural World Teach Theology?“ from the Southborough L’Abri Fellowship, November 15, 2019

Two favorite “East of the Sun, West of the Moon” retellings (not mentioned in show):

• Jessica Day George’s Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow
• Edith Pattou’s East

Music: Intro from Adam Saban's "Tales from the Past,"; episode segments from Cody Martin's "Gate of Alfheim"