A01=Graham Anderson
Achilles Tatius
adult storytelling traditions
ancient fairytale origins research
ancient narrative structures
Author_Graham Anderson
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Category=NHC
classical mythology analysis
Compassionate Executioner
Creon
Cupid
dede
Dede Korkut
Eleventh Hour
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eq_biography-true-stories
eq_history
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eq_society-politics
fleece
flight
folklore comparative studies
golden
Hittite Version
hood
Jason Story
korkut
literary violence in antiquity
Lucian's Philopseudes
Lucian's Version
Lucian’s Philopseudes
Lucian’s Version
Megaloi Theoi
MGF
Midas Touch
modern
mythological archetypes
obstacle
Obstacle Flight
Pied Piper
Piper
red
Red Ox
Red Riding Hood
riding
Robber Bridegroom
Sea Water
Snow White
Snow White Tale
Tom Tit Tot
Violates
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780415237024
- Weight: 630g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 03 Aug 2000
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
