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"Iron John" (AKA "Iron Hans" or "Der Eisenhans") [1] is a German fairy tale found in the collections of the Brothers Grimm, tale number 136, about an iron-skinned wild man and a prince. The original German title is Eisenhans , a compound of Eisen "iron" and Hans (like English John , a common short form of the personal name Johannes ).
It is an exegesis of Iron John, a parable belonging to the Grimms' Fairy Tales (1812) by German folklorists Brothers Grimm about a boy maturing into adulthood with help of the wild man. Published in 1990 by Addison-Wesley , the book is Bly's best-known work, [ 1 ] having spent 62 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list and went on to ...
Robert Bly, one of the most prominent American poets of the last half century and author of the best-selling men’s movement classic “Iron John,” has died. Bly, an active poet, writer and ...
The superhero Steel's civilian name "John Henry Irons" is inspired by John Henry. [49] The story of John Henry further inspired Steel's weapon of choice, a sledgehammer. In DC's Super Friends #21 (January 2010), Superman encountered the actual John Henry after being placed in the folk tale by the Queen of Fables.
The Iron Giant is a 1999 American animated science fiction film produced by Warner Bros. Feature Animation and directed by Brad Bird in his directorial debut.It is loosely based on the 1968 novel The Iron Man by Ted Hughes (which was published in the United States as The Iron Giant), and was written by Tim McCanlies from a story treatment by Bird.
Zac Efron received plenty of praise for his recent starring role in the wrestling drama The Iron Claw, but it was especially meaningful coming from a real-life wrestler.Efron and John Cena star ...
What is the true story of "The Iron Claw" movie? Find out what happened to the Von Erich wrestling family, the wrestlers still alive now, the curse and more.
This tale is known throughout Europe, in such variants as Iron John, Georgic and Merlin, and Guerrino and the Savage Man. [4] A more widespread variant, found in Europe, Asia, and Africa, opens with the prince for some reason being the servant of an evil being, where he gains the same gifts, and the tale proceeds as in this variant; one such tale is The Magician's Horse.