Continuing to clarify the importance of Fairy Tales, we explore the genealogy of Fairy Tales. Does the origin matter? We discover disputes in the discourse of researchers. As we explore we can reel it back in and recognise that Fairy Tales are deeply profound acts of genius. And whether they are old, ancient, re-written, orally re-counted, Christianised or bastardised... or both(!), they are collections of symbols. The symbolic collections require the knowledge and intuition of the people to understand and decode them. Then, we get to understand and preserve the importance of the messages therein. We get to appreciate the heart, soul, values and efforts of the authors of these tales. They knew the power of the fairy tale and they were driven to encode universal truths into them. They strived to create such powerful art so the story and symbolism would remain eternal just like the laws that are encoded in them.

References:

Bly, Robert. (2018). More Than True: The Wisdom of Fairy Tales. Henry Holt & Company.
https://www.amazon.com/More-Than-True-Wisdom-Fairy/dp/1250158192

Vikernes, Varg & Cachet, Marie. (2017). Paganism Explained Part 1: Thrymskvida. Marie Cachet.
https://www.burzum.org/eng/library/paganism_explained_01_thrymskvida.shtml

de Blécourt, Willem. (2012). Tales of Magic, tales in print: On the genealogy of fairy tales and the Brothers Grimm. Manchester University Press.
https://www.amazon.com/Tales-Magic-Print-Genealogy-Brothers/dp/0719083796

Undine Weltsch and Jens Grünewald, The spiritual Message of German Fairy Tales:
http://www.fairytales.pushpak.de/

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