Ebook: Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales

Explores how fairy tales reveal the darker side of life and human psychology, discussing how fairy tales have reflected society's deepest fears, obsessions, and secrets throughout history.;Preface -- Part one. Shadow. The concept of the shadow ; The execution ; The anima between the heroes ; Faithful John the mediator ; The stone or the statue -- Part two. Evil. Primitive levels of evil ; Possession ; Taboos ; Hot evil ; Cold evil ; The magical contest ; The nucleus of the psyche.