The Apparent Absence of Heirs – a Central Motif in Certain Romanian Fairy-tales

Gabriela Boangiu ()
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Gabriela Boangiu: “C.S. Nicolăescu-Plopşor” Institute for Research in Social Studies and Humanities from Craiova, of the Romanian Academy

Anuarul Institutului de Cercetări Socio-Umane „C.S. Nicolăescu-Plopșor” (“C.S. Nicolăescu-Plopşor” Institute for Research in Social Studies and Humanities Yearbook (CSNIPSSH Yearbook)), 2015, issue XVI, 153-160

Abstract: A central motif present in some fairy-tales is that of the absence of heirs; either we deal with an old man and an old lady, an emperor and an empress, the both couples suffer from the same reason – the lack of continuity in this world, through children. We are going to analyze several fairy-tales, trying to unravel the main aspects for which this motif is present in them.

Keywords: fairy-tales; symbolic representatives; heirs; immaculate conception; mentality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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