Owl, the Raven and the Dove : The Religious Meaning of the Grimms' Magic Fairy Tales.

By: Murphy, G.RonaldMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Cary : Oxford University Press, 2000Copyright date: ©2000Description: 1 online resource (253 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781602569614Subject(s): Fairy tales -- Germany -- Religious aspects | Grimm, Jacob, -- 1785-1863 -- Religion | Grimm, Wilhelm, -- 1786-1859 -- Religion | Kinder- und HausmärchenGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Owl, the Raven and the Dove : The Religious Meaning of the Grimms' Magic Fairy TalesDDC classification: 398.20943 LOC classification: GR166 -- .M87 2000ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
COVER PAGE -- TITLE PAGE -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- DEDICATION -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- One: THE ROOTS OF SPIRITUAL STORIES -- Early Models of Religious Storytelling -- Two: SCHOLARS AND THE RELIGIOUS SPIRIT OF THE TALES -- Three: THE SPIRITUALITY OF WILHELM GRIMM -- The Holy Spint -- Christ and Resurrection -- Love One Another -- Humble Faith -- Four: HANSEL AND GRETEL -- Five: LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD -- Six: CINDERELLA -- Grimms' Version -- Perrault's Version -- Basile's Version -- The Spiritual Transformation of Cinderella -- Seven: SNOW WHITE -- Eight: SLEEPING BEAUTY -- Nine: AFTERWORD -- APPENDIX A: The Verses Marked by Wilhelm Grimm in His Greek New Testament -- APPENDIX B: Little Red Riding Hood, 1st edition, 1812 -- APPENDIC C: Yggdrasil, the Cross, and the Christmas Tree -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
Summary: This study takes five of the Grimm brothers' best-known tales and argues that the Grimms saw them as Christian fables. The author examines the arguments of previous interpreters of the tales, and demonstrates how they missed the Grimms' intention.
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COVER PAGE -- TITLE PAGE -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- DEDICATION -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- One: THE ROOTS OF SPIRITUAL STORIES -- Early Models of Religious Storytelling -- Two: SCHOLARS AND THE RELIGIOUS SPIRIT OF THE TALES -- Three: THE SPIRITUALITY OF WILHELM GRIMM -- The Holy Spint -- Christ and Resurrection -- Love One Another -- Humble Faith -- Four: HANSEL AND GRETEL -- Five: LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD -- Six: CINDERELLA -- Grimms' Version -- Perrault's Version -- Basile's Version -- The Spiritual Transformation of Cinderella -- Seven: SNOW WHITE -- Eight: SLEEPING BEAUTY -- Nine: AFTERWORD -- APPENDIX A: The Verses Marked by Wilhelm Grimm in His Greek New Testament -- APPENDIX B: Little Red Riding Hood, 1st edition, 1812 -- APPENDIC C: Yggdrasil, the Cross, and the Christmas Tree -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.

This study takes five of the Grimm brothers' best-known tales and argues that the Grimms saw them as Christian fables. The author examines the arguments of previous interpreters of the tales, and demonstrates how they missed the Grimms' intention.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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