Archetypal Patterns in Fairy Tales
Author | : Marie-Luise von Franz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 1997 |
ISBN-10 | : 0919123775 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780919123779 |
Rating | : 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: From the author's preface: "This book is a collection of fairy tale interpretations I presented in a series of lectures at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich. I did not want to focus on a specific theme but rather to wander through many countries and types of fairy tales. I chose some that challenged me because they were unusual. I wanted to show both their diversity and their underlying similarities, so that one could appreciate what is common to all civilizations and all human beings, and I wanted to show how Jung's method of interpreting archetypal fantasy material could be applied to these diverse tales."