Buffy’s spinoff series incorporated all kinds of mythology into its stories of a vampire with a soul.
Juliette digs out the references…
Read Juliettes feature on Buffy The Vampire Slayer and fairy tales,here.
Like its mother show,Angeloccasionally used images and motifs from fairy tales alongside horror and mythology.
Deals with the devil dont always work out too well in literature.
Of course, not all of the gangs dealings with Wolfram and Hart can be turned to their advantage.
Wolfram and Harts dicey doctor tells Gunn something he needs has been held up at Customs.
Clearly he was even tougher than a Pylean.
Very occasionally, Angel did make a more sustained reference to a specific fairy tale.
The story also, of course, references the balletGiselleand the legends that inspired it.
The premise ofAngelhas always been built on Angels essential unhappiness with his status as a vampire.
The Pinocchio theme inAngelis increasingly emphasised once Spike joins the cast in season five.
In many ways,Angelhas more in common with ancient mythology than with folk tales.
