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Episode Synopsis
Alicia examines how a Christian artist could approach retelling “The Golden Bird” in the light of Scripture. Topics discussed include good Edens vs. false Edens, a Scriptural view of gold, and Biblical approaches to betrayal. ResourcesWilkie Collins’s A Woman in White (both the book and the 2018 miniseries)Mary Shelley’s FrankensteinSusan Gaskell’s North and SouthFrances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret GardenA.A. Milne’s Winne the PoohBonus: For a more thorough discussion of the imagery of the princess in this tale, see Nicholas Kotar’s episode, “Princess Ivan and the Gray Wolf,” from his podcast, In a Certain Kingdom. Music: Intro from Adam Saban’s “Tales from the Past”; episode segments from Adam Saban’s “Journey to a New World”
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