420225943

The owl, the raven & the dove : the religious meaning of the Grimms' magic fairy tales / G. Ronald Murphy

Murphy, G. Ronald,i1938- [Verfasser]

New York : Oxford University Press, 2000

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (xi, 189 pages) : Illustrations

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-183) and index

1-4237-6061-1 ; 978-1-4237-6061-0 ; 978-0-19-803112-3 ; 0-19-803112-2 ; 1-60256-961-4 ; 978-1-60256-961-4 ; 1-280-47347-9 ; 978-1-280-47347-0 ; 978-0-19-513607-4 ; 0-19-513607-1 ; 0-19-513607-1

BM 1635

 

Kinder- und Hausmärchen  Religion, Motiv  Kult 

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.