Ancient fairy and folk tales : an anthology /
"This anthology explores the multitude of evidence for recognisable fairy tales drawn from sources in the much older cultures of the ancient world, appearing much earlier than the 17th century where awareness of most fairy tales tends to begin. It presents versions of Cinderella, The Emperor�...
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2020.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Who's been telling my tale?
- The classic fairy tale
- Arts of variation: Cinderellas and Snow Whites
- Otherworldly encounters
- Siren women
- Rewards and punishments I
- Rewards and punishments II: Three innocent slandered maidens
- Tricksters
- Traditional heroes, magic objects
- Animal tales
- Tiny people
- Miscellaneous tales.
