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Fairytale in the Ancient World

by Graham Anderson

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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… (more)
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    The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales (Oxford Companions) by Jack Zipes (ed.pendragon)
    ed.pendragon: The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales illustrates the richness of the legacy that was engendered by the examples discussed in Fairytale in the Ancient World.
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    The Fairy Tale: The Magic Mirror of the Imagination by Steven Swann Jones (ed.pendragon)
    ed.pendragon: Overview of the folktale and its perennial appeal.
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Claimed as the first modern general study of the ancient fairytale, this naturally combines the worlds of the academic and the non-specialist reader. The abiding impression for one of the latter group is that there is essentially nothing new under the sun when it comes to fairytale motifs and that the human condition seeks out and welcomes the same old universal tales. A riveting read even with all the academic apparatus, this study include four equally fascinating appendices. ( )
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FOR ROGER AND AGNES CARDINAL
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A modern collection of English fairytales begins with an attack dating from as early as 1596 against the pedants who would spend a whole day talking about the origins of Fe Fi Fo Fum.
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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

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