Fairy Tales, Their Origin and Meaning; With Some Account of Dwellers in Fairyland
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About This Book
There are tales we heard as children that we tell to our children, but where did they come from. More importantly what do they mean. This book traces the origins and the evolutions of many popular children stories.
Chapters (10)
- FAIRY TALES, THEIR ORIGIN AND MEANING
- With Some Account of Dwellers in Fairyland
- INTRODUCTORY NOTE.
- CHAPTER I.—ORIGIN OF FAIRY STORIES.
- CHAPTER II.—KINDRED TALES FROM DIVERS LANDS: EROS AND PSYCHE.
- CHAPTER III.—DWELLERS IN FAIRYLAND: STORIES FROM THE EAST.
- CHAPTER IV.—DWELLERS IN FAIRYLAND: TEUTONIC, AND SCANDINAVIAN.
- CHAPTER V.—DWELLERS IN FAIRYLAND: WEST HIGHLAND STORIES.
- CHAPTER VI.—CONCLUSION: SOME POPULAR TALES EXPLAINED.
- FOOTNOTES:
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