The historical roots of the fairy tale
The historical roots of the fairy tale
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Vladimir Yakovlevich Propp (1895-1970) -
an outstanding Russian philologist, folklorist, professor at the Leningrad
University, who became world famous. "The Historical Roots of the Magic
fairy tale" (1946) is a sequel to "Morphology of the Magic Fairy Tale," the second
the second part of an unsurpassed classic study devoted to analyzing
of folklore's most popular genre. A fairy tale is not just an invented
a world in which miracles are possible and justice prevails: evil is punished, and
and the hero is saved. It is a reflection of the distant past of mankind with its pagan
rituals, rites of passage, the cult of the ancestors and the mystical awe
of the afterlife. The fairy tale draws us in with its mystery, but what's
behind the magic? In this book, the reader will discover who is hiding
behind the images of Koshchei and Baba Yaga, why Ivan's burning in the furnace - traces of the rite of initiation
of initiation, and the rescue of the girl, who is sacrificed to the monster, -
the overcoming of primitive pagan thinking and the transition to humanistic
ideals.
an outstanding Russian philologist, folklorist, professor at the Leningrad
University, who became world famous. "The Historical Roots of the Magic
fairy tale" (1946) is a sequel to "Morphology of the Magic Fairy Tale," the second
the second part of an unsurpassed classic study devoted to analyzing
of folklore's most popular genre. A fairy tale is not just an invented
a world in which miracles are possible and justice prevails: evil is punished, and
and the hero is saved. It is a reflection of the distant past of mankind with its pagan
rituals, rites of passage, the cult of the ancestors and the mystical awe
of the afterlife. The fairy tale draws us in with its mystery, but what's
behind the magic? In this book, the reader will discover who is hiding
behind the images of Koshchei and Baba Yaga, why Ivan's burning in the furnace - traces of the rite of initiation
of initiation, and the rescue of the girl, who is sacrificed to the monster, -
the overcoming of primitive pagan thinking and the transition to humanistic
ideals.
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