Märchen und Gesellschaft
Folk and fairy tale and society
Contributor(s): Katarzyna Grzywka-Kolago (Editor), Małgorzata Filipowicz (Editor), Maciej Jędrzejewski (Editor)
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, German Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: folk tale; literary fairy tale; society; German literature; English literature
Summary/Abstract: This volume contains 18 scholarly papers that analyse the relationships between folk and fairy tales and society using a broad range of cultural perspectives, research questions, methodological approaches, and source materials. The authors explore the treatment of social issues in folk and fairy tales on the one hand, and how these tales function in societies on the other. The analysis includes source texts rooted in Albanian, American, Burmese, German, Georgian, Austrian, and Polish cultural contexts. As such, the book showcases the richness and multi-layered quality of the “folk and fairy tales/society” thematic complex, providing inspiration for further research.
Series: Warschauer Beiträge zur Märchenforschung
- E-ISBN-13: 978-83-235-6562-8
- Print-ISBN-13: 978-83-235-6554-3
- Page Count: 266
- Publication Year: 2024
- Language: English, German
Grimms Volksmärchen "Katze und Maus in Gesellschaft" tiefenpsychologisch gedeutet
Grimms Volksmärchen "Katze und Maus in Gesellschaft" tiefenpsychologisch gedeutet
(The Grimms’ Folk Tale "Cat and Mouse in Partnership" Interpreted Using Depth Psychology)
- Author(s):Tomasz Małyszek
- Language:German
- Subject(s):Language studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, German Literature, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:11-27
- No. of Pages:17
- Keywords:interpretation in the spirit of depth psychology; psychological types; extrovert; introvert; metonymic metaphor; socialisation
- Summary/Abstract:This article is an interpretation of the text of the Grimms’ "Cat and Mouse in Partnership" from the collection "Fairy Tales". The interpretation is based on Carl Gustav Jung’s theory of psychological types. The article shows that the figures of cat and mouse represent different types of humans: the extroverted and introverted types, divided into subtypes. The interpretation shows a harmonious relationship between Jakob Grimm’s theory of the metonymic transfer of drive and instinct in fairy tales and the inevitable triumph of instinct over socialisation.
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Max Toeppens masurische Märchen im Schnittpunkt der Kulturen. Zu ihrer Wirkung und Rezeption
Max Toeppens masurische Märchen im Schnittpunkt der Kulturen. Zu ihrer Wirkung und Rezeption
(Max Toeppen’s Masurian Fairy Tales at the Intersection of Cultures: Their Impact and Reception)
- Author(s):Mirosław Ossowski
- Language:German
- Subject(s):Language studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, German Literature, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:28-40
- No. of Pages:13
- Keywords:East Prussia; Masurian fairy tales; Max Toeppen; Brothers Grimm; Titelituri
- Summary/Abstract:As a historical borderland at the intersection of German and Polish cultures in southern East Prussia, Masuria has also created its own collection of fairy tales in the field of regional literature. This article presents texts collected by Max Toeppen and published in 1867, and discusses their significance in the context of the popularisation of Masurian fairy tales. Their reception in East Prussia until 1945 and especially in Poland is also analysed.
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Interkulturelle Erkundungen am Beispiel eines Märchens aus Burma
Interkulturelle Erkundungen am Beispiel eines Märchens aus Burma
(Intercultural Explorations Using the Example of a Fairy Tale from Burma)
- Author(s):Rosemarie Tüpker
- Language:German
- Subject(s):Language studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, German Literature, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:41-61
- No. of Pages:21
- Keywords:Burma; interculturality; qualitative research; fairy-tale interpretation
- Summary/Abstract:Is it possible for a fairy tale from a foreign culture to provide emotional access to this culture for those who listen to the tale without bias and prior information? Or, putting it another way: is it possible for a fairy tale to become an ambassador of its country of origin and to inspire an intercultural debate in foreign places? The research presented here explores this question using a fairy tale from Burma, which was read to small groups and then described by the audience. It demonstrates how such an intensive engagement with a fairy tale can bring one’s own and the foreign into exchange with each other in a new format. As a result, it becomes clear that there can be no Archimedean point for such an intercultural experience objectifying the whole. It is not an interpretation of the fairy tale and its social origins that is the result of such an exploration; rather, it is all about the process of an intercultural engagement: a highly (inter)subjective process, a creation rather than a receiving recreation.
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„Edle Räuber“ in georgischer Volksdichtung und Literatur
„Edle Räuber“ in georgischer Volksdichtung und Literatur
(“Noble Robbers” in Georgian Folklore and Literature)
- Author(s):Elene Gogiashvili
- Language:German
- Subject(s):Language studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, German Literature, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:62-73
- No. of Pages:12
- Keywords:narrative tradition; folk tale; social bandit; Data Tutashkhia; Arsena
- Summary/Abstract:In the European and Caucasian traditional folk narratives, there are different types of romanticised bandits. This phenomenon occurs in many societies and is described in various forms in oral tradition: epics, songs, folk tales, and anecdotes. The images of the robbers are part of a mythology of heroic lawlessness. Historical and fictional figures of robbers have been heroised and established as “social bandits” and repeatedly referred to with the term “noble robber.” In Georgian folk tales, realistic tales and anecdotes, the theme of robbers has been interpreted differently. The international fairy-tale motifs in Georgian folklore joined the national repertoire. There is a difference between fictional and non-fictional robbers in Georgian folklore. In folk tales, fairy tales and realistic tales, the fictional image of the robber is antagonistic in nature. In contrast to the folk tales, the historical robbers appear in other genres of folk narratives as outlaws whom the state regards as criminals, but in peasant society, they are considered heroes, avengers and fighters for justice and even leaders of liberation.
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Wenn Frauen die Hosen anhaben – Märchen-Frauen in Männerkleidern
Wenn Frauen die Hosen anhaben – Märchen-Frauen in Männerkleidern
(When Women Wear Pants: Fairy-Tale Women in Men’s Clothes)
- Author(s):Sabine Lutkat
- Language:German
- Subject(s):Language studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, German Literature, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:74-88
- No. of Pages:15
- Keywords:folk tales; women in men’s clothes; test of sex; shift of sex
- Summary/Abstract:This article focuses on the motif of women in men’s clothes and explores the folk-tale types that include this motif, for example ATU 881, ATU 882, ATU 883A, ATU 884 and ATU 888. The analysis of this motif in various traditional folk tales reveals that contrary to general belief heroines in fairy tales can be very active, can do men’s chores and, disguised as men, behave differently than role clichés would suggest. Even when they are tested to determine their true sex they behave in a “manly” way. And, interestingly enough, in some tales they are much more capable than all the male characters in the story.
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(Un)gestillte Sehnsucht. Liebeswelten in Sophie Tieck-Bernhardis Märchensammlung "Wunderbilder und Träume in elf Märchen"
(Un)gestillte Sehnsucht. Liebeswelten in Sophie Tieck-Bernhardis Märchensammlung "Wunderbilder und Träume in elf Märchen"
((Un)satisfied Longing: Worlds of Love in Sophie Tieck-Bernhardi’s Fairy Tales from the Collection "Wunderbilder und Träume in elf Märchen")
- Author(s):Renata Dampc-Jarosz
- Language:German
- Subject(s):Language studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, German Literature, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:89-100
- No. of Pages:12
- Keywords:love; theories of love; romance; fairy tales; Sophie Tieck-Bernhardi
- Summary/Abstract:Drawing on the Romantic conception of love, formulated in a new way by Friedrich Schlegel in his novel Lucinde, and based on Niklas Luhmann’s contemporary theory of love, the article analyses three fairy tales by Sophie Tieck-Bernhardi from the collection "Wunderbilder und Träume in elf Märchen" (1802), showing the diversity of the depiction of this feeling, its social plane and its relation to the prevailing discourses, especially in men’s literature. The fairy-tale worlds show love relationships in which both sexes play an equal role and complement each other, but also those in which love remains dependent on social convention. The proposed codes of love are variable, but they are united by the need for freedom and self-determination.
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Individuum vs. Gesellschaft – Schattenlosigkeit als Anlass zur Fremdstigmatisierung in Adelbert von Chamissos "Peter Schlehmils wundersame Geschichte"
Individuum vs. Gesellschaft – Schattenlosigkeit als Anlass zur Fremdstigmatisierung in Adelbert von Chamissos "Peter Schlehmils wundersame Geschichte"
(Individual vs Society: Shadowlessness as a Reason for the Stigmatisation of Foreigners in Adelbert von Chamisso’s "Peter Schlemihl’s Wondrous Story")
- Author(s):Andrey Kotin
- Language:German
- Subject(s):Language studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, German Literature, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:101-111
- No. of Pages:11
- Keywords:fairy tale; Romanticism; Chamisso; shadow; society
- Summary/Abstract:In this article, the confrontation between the individual and society is discussed on the basis of "Peter Schlemihl’s Wondrous Story" by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781–1838), a German poet and novelist of the late Romantic era. This dramatic conflict is presented through the symbolic prism of a vendable shadow, the sale of which results not only in the protagonist losing his social status, but even his very belonging to the human race. Such a reading is found to be coherent with the common psychoanalytic interpretation of Chamisso’s text.
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J.R.R. Tolkiens "On Fairy-Stories": Wozu ist ein Märchen überhaupt gut?
J.R.R. Tolkiens "On Fairy-Stories": Wozu ist ein Märchen überhaupt gut?
(The Uses of Enchantment: "On Fairy-Stories" by J.R.R. Tolkien)
- Author(s):Lubomír Sůva
- Language:German
- Subject(s):Language studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, German Literature, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:112-127
- No. of Pages:16
- Keywords:J.R.R. Tolkien; Grimm; brothers; fairy tale; Romantic; totalitarianism
- Summary/Abstract:This paper discusses the essay "On Fairy-Stories" (presented 1939, first published 1947) by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973). Tolkien poses fundamental questions about the character, origin and especially about the use of fairy tales, or, in a more specific way, about the character, origin and use of human fantasy, which in his view is responsible for fairy-tale production. Tolkien identifies human fantasy as a rational and cognitive activity, which fulfils a specific function: to provide re-creation as well as consolation for the fantasy-producing or fantasy-consuming individual; of all literary genres he considers fairy tale, as a type of literature where fantasy plays a dominant role, to be most suitable for fulfilling these functions. From these positions, Tolkien argues with other fairy-tale conceptions, understandings and theories and defends the fairy tale from narrowing and abusive definitions and interpretations. The present paper summarises, outlines and comments on Tolkien’s most important thoughts and show his ideas as embedded in the Romantic movement, corresponding in various ways to the works and thoughts of the Brothers Grimm (Jacob 1785–1863, Wilhelm 1786–1859). In this manner it provides additional evidence supporting Tolkien’s observations, advocating for the positive influence of fantasy and fantastic literature on the humanity of the present age.
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„Das seltsame Königsmärchen…“. Zur Bedeutung des Märchen-Narrativs im Roman "Sehnsucht ins Reich" von Willibald Köhler
„Das seltsame Königsmärchen…“. Zur Bedeutung des Märchen-Narrativs im Roman "Sehnsucht ins Reich" von Willibald Köhler
(“The Strange King’s Tale…”: On the Meaning of the Fairy-Tale Narrative in the Novel "Sehnsucht ins Reich" by Willibald Köhler)
- Author(s):Nina Nowara-Matusik
- Language:German
- Subject(s):Language studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, German Literature, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:128-137
- No. of Pages:10
- Keywords:Willibald Köhler; novel; fairy tale; Upper Silesia; identity
- Summary/Abstract:The subject of this article is the novel "Sehnsucht ins Reich" (1933) by Willibald Köhler, which is interpreted in terms of the meaning that the fairy tale plays in it. The analysis focuses on the question of Upper Silesian identity, illustrated by “The Strange King’s Tale…” It shows that the writer creates in the novel a vague identity that does not lend itself to national categorisation.
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Michael Köhlmeiers alter/neuer Märchenschatz
Michael Köhlmeiers alter/neuer Märchenschatz
(Michael Köhlmeier’s Old/New Fairy Tales)
- Author(s):Marek Jakubów
- Language:German
- Subject(s):Language studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, German Literature, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:138-148
- No. of Pages:11
- Keywords:Michael Köhlmeier; fairy tales; tradition; narration
- Summary/Abstract:Disruption in the continuity of cultural memory raises questions about the meaning of tradition and possible methods of its preservation. In his publishing project "Die Märchen" (2019), Michael Köhlmeier sets out to tell fairy tales in an innovative manner, using intertextual referencing to link traditional motifs to contemporary subject matter. Moreover, he creates identification patterns, which allow the reader to both identify with their own cultural tradition and reflect critically on its defining modes of thinking.
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Mating Habits of the Common Draccus: Community and the Subversion of the Dragon Theme in "The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller’s Chronicle") by Patrick Rothfuss
Mating Habits of the Common Draccus: Community and the Subversion of the Dragon Theme in "The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller’s Chronicle") by Patrick Rothfuss
(Mating Habits of the Common Draccus: Community and the Subversion of the Dragon Theme in "The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller’s Chronicle") by Patrick Rothfuss)
- Author(s):Maria Błaszkiewicz
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Language studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, German Literature, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:149-162
- No. of Pages:14
- Keywords:dragon; quest; subversion; folk tale; fantasy; Rothfuss
- Summary/Abstract:The purpose of this paper is to explore the subversive folk-tale conventions of overcoming the monster in the unfinished fantasy cycle "The Kingkiller’s Chronicle" by the American writer Patrick Rothfuss, where an intriguing dragon episode in the first part of the series, "The Name of the Wind", calls for an interpretation and invites the reader to use it as a key to the understanding of the nature of the narrative. The significance of the community as both a character in the story and the narratee of the fairy tale seems to be a major clue in the present investigation.
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From Chronicle to Fairy Tale: On the Transformation of the Story of the Harrenhal Tourney in George R.R. Martin’s "A Song of Ice and Fire"
From Chronicle to Fairy Tale: On the Transformation of the Story of the Harrenhal Tourney in George R.R. Martin’s "A Song of Ice and Fire"
(From Chronicle to Fairy Tale: On the Transformation of the Story of the Harrenhal Tourney in George R.R. Martin’s "A Song of Ice and Fire")
- Author(s):Bartłomiej Błaszkiewicz
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Language studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, German Literature, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:163-175
- No. of Pages:13
- Keywords:Martin; fantasy; fairy tale; romance; narration
- Summary/Abstract:This paper is concerned with the role and significance of the fairy-tale narrative in the feudal heroic society depicted in George R.R. Martin’s heroic fantasy saga – "A Song of Ice and Fire". Specifically, the analysis traces the process of the evolution of the historical account concerning the momentous events which take place during the fabled tournament at Harrenhal in 281 AC and which determine the subsequent history of Martin’s fantasy world. The paper compares the historical narrative included in the chronicle The World of Ice and Fire, which reappears in the form of scattered personal reminiscences of various eyewitness characters who recall the events throughout the saga, to Meera Reed’s fairy-tale version of the story told to Bran Stark during their strenuous journey north. The aim of the argument is to illustrate the process by which the transformation of historical events into a fairy tale is presented in Martin’s fantasy narrative and to define the social context of this literary evolution.
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Märchenträume der Gesellschaft. Jakob Arjounis "Idioten. Fünf Märchen"
Märchenträume der Gesellschaft. Jakob Arjounis "Idioten. Fünf Märchen"
(Fairy-Tale Dreams of Society: Jakob Arjouni’s "Idioten. Fünf Märchen")
- Author(s):Maciej Jędrzejewski
- Language:German
- Subject(s):Language studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, German Literature, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:176-187
- No. of Pages:12
- Keywords:Jakob Arjouni; fairy tale; Idioten. Fünf Märchen
- Summary/Abstract:This article examines Jakob Arjouni’s short-story collection "Idioten. Fünf Märchen" in the context of its socio-critical orientation and the fairy-tale elements it contains. "Idioten. Fünf Märchen" is not a fairy tale in the typical sense of the genre, but it does have fairy-tale elements. The work criticises society and has a didactic orientation.
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Märchenhelden in moderner Gesellschaft – "Grrrimm" von Karen Duve
Märchenhelden in moderner Gesellschaft – "Grrrimm" von Karen Duve
(Fairy-Tale Heroes in Modern Society: "Grrrimm" by Karen Duve)
- Author(s):Ewelina Kamińska-Ossowska
- Language:German
- Subject(s):Language studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, German Literature, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:188-203
- No. of Pages:16
- Keywords:modern fairy tale; social problems
- Summary/Abstract:Karen Duve’s book "Grrrimm" (published in 2012) comprises five fairy tales based on texts of the Brothers Grimm. An attempt is made to examine the specificity of these postmodern texts, such as the influence of the Grimms’ original, their “representation,” that is, their connection with the processes of social modernisation. Among the social problems mentioned are: atypical family relationships, sexuality and bizarre ideas of love.
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„[...] und wenn sie nicht gestorben sind, dann leben sie noch heute“. Parodie in "Prinzessin Rosenblüte" von Kirsten Boie
„[...] und wenn sie nicht gestorben sind, dann leben sie noch heute“. Parodie in "Prinzessin Rosenblüte" von Kirsten Boie
(“[...] and if They Did Not Die, They Live to This Day”: Parody in "Prinzessin Rosenblüte" by Kirsten Boie)
- Author(s):Małgorzata Filipowicz
- Language:German
- Subject(s):Language studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, German Literature, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:204-215
- No. of Pages:12
- Keywords:parody; fairy tale; children’s literature; society
- Summary/Abstract:In this article, the aim of the analysis is to examine parody as a comic technique in "Prinzessin Rosenblüte" by Kirsten Boie. The characters of folk tales are analysed: a princess, a fairy, a king and a prince in their new parody in a contemporary fairy tale for children by Kirsten Boie. Parody concerns not only the stereotypical incarnations of the characters of folk tales, but also other motifs, forms and narrative structures of fairy tales, which in Boie’s contemporary fairy tale are shown in a caricatured light. Although the fairy-tale convention has been parodied, it is a buffer construction, thanks to which the young reader’s confrontation with the social, cultural and political dilemmas of the modern world is easily perceptible to his or her psyche.
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Märchen als Adaptionen in Fan-Fiction. Eine kulturwissenschaftliche Annäherung
Märchen als Adaptionen in Fan-Fiction. Eine kulturwissenschaftliche Annäherung
(Fairy Tales in Fan Fiction: A Cultural Studies Approach)
- Author(s):Malte Völk
- Language:German
- Subject(s):Language studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, German Literature, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:216-231
- No. of Pages:16
- Keywords:fan fiction; fairy tales; critical theory; Siegfried Kracauer
- Summary/Abstract:This paper aims to analyse transformative works of derivative nature – fan fiction – which are based on fairy tales. They are examined in the context of popular culture studies, with a focus on critical theory and Siegfried Kracauer’s concept of Märchenvernunft – the juxtaposition of reason and fairy tales. An outline of the historical roots of fan fiction in the 18th century lays the foundation for the theoretical findings and the analyses of some contemporary fan-fiction tales.
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Als sich Covid-19 in die Märchenwelt einschlich… Zur Rezeption der Grimmschen Motive in "Corona-Märchen" von Izabella Czarnecka
Als sich Covid-19 in die Märchenwelt einschlich… Zur Rezeption der Grimmschen Motive in "Corona-Märchen" von Izabella Czarnecka
(On How Covid-19 Sneaked into the World of Fairy Tales: Reception of the Grimms’ Motifs in Izabella Czarnecka’s "Koronabajki")
- Author(s):Dorota Sadowska
- Language:German
- Subject(s):Language studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, German Literature, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:232-244
- No. of Pages:13
- Keywords:fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm; Covid-19; illness; children’s literature; fairy-tale therapy
- Summary/Abstract:In this article I analyse Koronabajki [Coronatales], juxtaposing them with their prototypes from the fairy-tale collection of the Brothers Grimm. I try to answer the questions of what elements of fairy-tale plot patterns the author kept in her works, which ones she omitted, and, in connection with this, what functions attributed to classical fairy tales – therapeutic, ludic, etc. – can be attributed to these short literary forms and what significance this has for readers.
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Zum Bild der Deutschen und des Deutschen in polnischen Volksmärchen aus der Sammlung von Oskar Kolberg
Zum Bild der Deutschen und des Deutschen in polnischen Volksmärchen aus der Sammlung von Oskar Kolberg
(Representations of Germans and Germanity in Polish Folk Tales Collected by Oskar Kolberg)
- Author(s):Katarzyna Grzywka-Kolago
- Language:German
- Subject(s):Language studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, German Literature, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:245-259
- No. of Pages:15
- Keywords:folk tale; Oskar Kolberg; Germans; Germanity; imagology
- Summary/Abstract:The purpose of this paper is to reconstruct the image of Germans and of folk-tale characters’ German attributes from the perspective of comparative imagology via the analysis of folk tales collected by Oskar Kolberg. Building on the theoretical framework proposed by Holger M. Klein, this study discusses the historical and cultural background of Kolberg’s collection, examines the significance of the Kolberg family’s German roots, wonders about the intended addressee of the ethnographer’s publications, and investigates the contents of folk tales which feature the motif of the German and German attributes of folk-tale characters.
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