RELIGIOUS MOTIFS IN THE FAIRY TALES OF OSCAR WILDE
RELIGIOUS MOTIFS IN THE FAIRY TALES OF OSCAR WILDE

Summary/Abstract: Wilde’s fairy tales are the subject of much research, not only from the standpoint of religious and other motifs, but the present article needed to focus on the religious elements in fairy tales. Motifs, motif fragments and blind motifs from world religions, e.g. Apollo, Armenian, copper ring (Giges), bazaar, bengal fire, whipping with thorns, dervish, divan, priest with slanted eyes, Egypt, eunuchs, gong, India, Isis and Osiris, Orient, kaftan, Koran, leopard (leopard paws), lion skins, Idol, Mecca, Nile, Nubians, opium, pavilion, pyramids, pagan creatures, Roman candle, Samarkand, Syrians, elephant, silver crescent, slave, temple, tiger (tiger paws), turban, cave, Jews, etc.

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