Princes, frogs & ugly sisters
Subtitle: the healing power of the Grimm Brothers' tales
By: Allan G. Hunter
Publisher: Findhorn Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Forres, Scotland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
ISBN-13: 9781844091843
Subjects: Self-actualization (Psychology); Fairy tales; Psychological aspects; Psychoanalysis and fairy tales
Other titles: Princes, frogs and ugly sisters :
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 173).
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Why we need fairy tales --; title: "The Frog-King" : It's all about sex --; title: "Faithful John" : A story of parents, jealousy, and pride --; title: "Brother and sister" : Boy and girls grow up differently and see marriage differently --; title: "The three spinners" and "Rapunzel" : The nature of the tales and Thwarted young love --; title: "Cinderella" : Sexual maturation and self-empowerment: the real story --; title: "The girl without hands" and "The robber bridegroom" : The question of good and evil --; title: "Little Snow-White" and "Allerleirauh" : Sexual rivalry, narcissim, and incest --; title: "Hans the hedgehog" and "The donkey" : Parental rejection and the recovering of personal authenticity --; title: "The three feathers" : The descent into the self --; title: "The skillful huntsman" : Controlling the passions --; title: "The two kings' children" : Families and forgetting --; title: Beowulf and "The golden bird" : The three tests --; title: "The glass coffin" : Growing courage --; title: "Little Briar-Rose" : Family birth order ; Sleep as metaphor --; title: Afterword : Why these particular tales? --; title: Appendix : The historical context.