Fairy Tales and Mythology article.
USQ school resource on fairy tales, childhood and the play East of the Sun and West of the Moon.
“The message that manifests in fairy tales is that a struggle against severe difficulties in life is unavoidable, is an intrinsic part of human existence – but that if one does not shy away, but steadfastly meets unexpected and often unjust hardships, one masters all obstacles and at the end emerges victorious” (8)
As Bettelheim puts it “More can be learned from fairy tales about the inner problems of human beings and of the right solutions than any other type of story within a child’s comprehension (5).