CLT 389 Chapter 0: Fairy Tale Transformations
2 Feb 2020
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The actors in a fairy tale perform essentially the same actions as the tale progresses. The functions of the actors are constant and everything else is a variable. There are also obstacles that impede the hero"s progress and they are also essentially the same. Fairy tales exhibit 31 functions and 150 elements (constituents) The elements of a fairy tale may be studied independently of the plot they constitute. The religious formation is primary and the one drawn from life is secondary. Several types of relationships between the fairy tale and religion, including direct genetic dependency . The fairy tale derives from ancient religions but modern religions do not derive from the fairy tale. Modern religion does not create the fairy tale but merely changes its material. A number of transformations may be explained as the intrusions of reality into the fairy tale.
