"And they are still living happily ever after" : anthropology, cultural history, and interpretation of fairy tales / Lutz Röhrich; translated from the German by Paul Washbourne, edited by Wolfgang Mieder and Sabine Wienker-Piepho.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-429) and index.
Contents:
I. Stations of life. Fairy tales for children or children in the fairy tales? ; Love and eroticism ; Wedding and marriage ; Power and frailty of the elderly ; Death and the dead ; The journey into the world beyond -- II. Figures and motifs. Princesses and mothers, stepmothers and witches: the image of the woman ; The king and the world of the court ; Tales of animals and their portrayal as human beings ; Rich and poor, money, gold and happiness ; Laughter ; Cruelty, brutality and fear ; "Erlösung" - redemption, disenchantment, salvation, liberation -- III. Case studies. Snow White ; The great beast with the man's head and other riddle tales ; Tom Tit Tot - Ricdin Ricdon - Rumpelstiltskin ; The griffin - an alemanic fairy tale ; "The king's new clothes" and other stories about humiliated rulers ; The frog king: the reception of a fairy tale and its changes up to the present day -- IV. History and methods of research. The fairy story in the German-speaking countries - compilation and research ; How old are our fairy tales? Cultural-historical considerations ; The psychological approach: the interpretation and meaning of fairy tales.
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