ext_51749 ([identity profile] situationgirl.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] nanowrimo_lj 2008-11-03 11:37 pm (UTC)

Penelope who?

Hiya everybody. I posted this on last week's plot help thread as the very last entry -- I don't think anyone saw it.

My MC is named Penelope, and I wanted to incorporate some elements of the Grimm Brothers' fairytale about a Penelope, but I have only a vague memory about her being devoted to a lover that she could only talk to through a small hole in a stone wall. Does this sound familiar to anyone?

I've done some internet searches and all I can come up with is Penelope the wife of Odysseus, Penelope the Christina Ricci movie (which is probably the closest, but I want the original), and the Penelopiad which is a Margaret Atwood retelling of the Odyssey. These are not what I want.

Does anybody know where to look? Does anybody have a compendium of Grimm's fairytales they're willing to peruse for me? I used to have one, but it's about 1100 miles away now.

Any help is wonderfully appreciated.

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