http://hdl.handle.net/10071/549 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:56:39 GMT 2026-04-07T15:56:39Z http://hdl.handle.net/10071/16507 Título próprio: Fairy-tale symbolism: an overview Autoria: Vaz da Silva, F. Resumo: Because the marvelous elements in fairy tales call for an explanation, a cohort of bright minds have pored over the problem of fairy-tale symbolism. Models sharing the nineteenth-century penchant for genetic inquiries have assumed that symbols are the survivals of archaic metaphors. Thus, Max Müller proposed that myths and fairy tales stem from obscured metaphors about solar phenomena; Sigmund Freud speculated that fairy-tale symbolism is the fossilized residue of primordial sexual metaphors; and Carl Jung submitted that symbols express immanent archetypes of the human psyche. Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10071/16507 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10071/611 Título próprio: Metamorphosis: The Dynamics of Symbolism in European Fairy Tales Autoria: Vaz da Silva, Francisco Resumo: Folklorists have become renowned for focusing on aspects of form and classification to the detriment of content and meaning. Metamorphosis: The Dynamics of Symbolism in European Fairy Tales seeks to reverse this tendency in showing, through an examination of the folkloric data, that European fairy tales involve complex symbolism. This book seeks to explain - in reference to the notion of metamorphosis - the puzzling contradictory attributes of fairy-tale figures that have discouraged the study of meanings in this field, and proposes that the workings of metamorphosis in fairy tales reveal a pervasive cyclic ontology that underlies mythology and ritual. The issue of universal symbolism is again examined - divested from any «archetypal» generalizations - as a subject of worthy reflection. Descrição: © 2002 Peter Lang Publishing, Inc, New York. This file contains front matter (including ToC) and 1st page of Introduction only. To acquire the book, go to: http://www.peterlang.com/Index.cfm?vID=65808&vHR=1&vUR=2&vUUR=1&vLang=E Tue, 01 Jan 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10071/611 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z