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Author Birkhäuser-Oeri, Sibylle.

Title The mother : archetypal image in fairy tales / Sibylle Birkhäuser-Oeri ; edited by Marie-Louise von Franz ; translated by Michael Mitchell
Published Toronto : Inner City Books, [1988]
©1988

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Description 172 pages ; 22 cm
Series Studies in Jungian psychology by Jungian analysts ; 34
Studies in Jungian psychology by Jungian analysts ; 34
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. The mother archetype -- 3. The terrible mother -- 4. The jealous stepmother -- 5. Metamorphosis into animals -- 6. The fire mother -- 7. The imprisoning sorceress -- 8. The indifferent mother -- 9. The poison of the terrible mother -- 10. The mother as fate -- 11. The life-giving nature mother -- 12. The healing nature mother -- 13. The self-renewing mother -- 14. The transforming mother -- 15. The great mother in our time
Summary A feminine perspective on how the mother complex functions in the practical world as well as in the deeper regions of the psyche. The particular focus here is on positive and negative aspects of the maternal image in well-known fairy tales, including Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and Hansel and Gretel. Index
Notes Translation of: Die Mutter im Märchen
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961.
Fairy tales -- History and criticism.
Mother and child.
Psychoanalysis and folklore.
Women and psychoanalysis.
Women -- Folklore.
Author Franz, Marie-Luise von, 1915-1998.
LC no. cn 88093729
ISBN 0919123333
9780919123335