In this, the first modern study of the ancient fairytale, Graham Anderson asks whether the familiar children's fairytale of today existed in the ancient world. He examines texts from the classical period and finds many stories which resemble those we know today, including: * a Jewish Egyptian Cinderella * a Snow White whose enemy is the goddess Artemis * a Pied Piper at Troy. He puts forward many previously unsuspected candidates as classical variants of the modern fairytale and argues that the degree of violence and cruelty in the ancient tales means they must have been meant for adults.
In this, the first modern study of the ancient fairytale, Graham Anderson asks whether the familiar children's fairytale of today existed in the ancient world. He examines texts from the classical period and finds many stories which resemble those we know today, including: * a Jewish Egyptian Cinderella * a Snow White whose enemy is the goddess Artemis * a Pied Piper at Troy. He puts forward many previously unsuspected candidates as classical variants of the modern fairytale and argues that the degree of violence and cruelty in the ancient tales means they must have been meant for adults.
Preface List of abbreviations 1 Introduction 2 The Cinderella story in antiquity 3 Snow White and related tales 4 Cupid and Psyche and Beauty and the Beast 5 The Obstacle Flight 6 The 'innocent slandered maid' 7 Butchering girls: Red Riding Hood and Bluebeard 8 Magicians and their allies 9 Between living and dead 10 Two Homeric tales: The Cyclops and Ares and Aphrodite 11 Some moral parables: The Pied Piper The Three Wishes Rumpelstiltskin The Singing Bone 12 Fairytale into romance 13 Folktales and society: some reflections on ancient evidence 14 Conclusions Appendix 1 Some difficult cases Appendix 2 Two ancient hero tales Appendix 3 Thrushbeard and The Starmaidens Appendix 4 AT Type 552 and the Orestes story Notes Bibliography Index of folktale types General index
Preface List of abbreviations 1 Introduction 2 The Cinderella story in antiquity 3 Snow White and related tales 4 Cupid and Psyche and Beauty and the Beast 5 The Obstacle Flight 6 The 'innocent slandered maid' 7 Butchering girls: Red Riding Hood and Bluebeard 8 Magicians and their allies 9 Between living and dead 10 Two Homeric tales: The Cyclops and Ares and Aphrodite 11 Some moral parables: The Pied Piper The Three Wishes Rumpelstiltskin The Singing Bone 12 Fairytale into romance 13 Folktales and society: some reflections on ancient evidence 14 Conclusions Appendix 1 Some difficult cases Appendix 2 Two ancient hero tales Appendix 3 Thrushbeard and The Starmaidens Appendix 4 AT Type 552 and the Orestes story Notes Bibliography Index of folktale types General index
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