Sunday, January 21, 2007

What was your favorite fairy tale...

What was your favorite fairy tale as a child? It is really odd, as we mature and if we don't have children, we can forget some of the details of the fairy tales we loved as children. I had heard somewhere, that we tend to gravitate to stories that are symbolic of the archetype(s) we ourselves exhibit in our personalities.

I haven't fleshed out the archetypal similarities to my personality, other than to narrow it down to...depend on yourself,know what is true for you and the rest falls into place.
Mine are:
The Emperor's New Clothes...Hans Christian Andersen
The Princess & the Pea...Hans Christian Andersen
Rapunzel...Grimm's Fairytales
Chicken Little (Henny Penny)....Neither above mentioned author's

Other Childrens books:
The 5 Chinese Brothers
James & The Giant Peach
Chronicles of Narnia
The Giving Tree
Charlotte's Web
Heidi

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