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Sommeils et veilles dans le conte merveilleux grec
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ISSN: 00145815 ISBN: 9514109007 951410899X 9789514108990 9789514109003 Year: 2002 Volume: 279 Publisher: Helsinki: Suomalainen tiedeakatemia,

Fairytale in the ancient world
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ISBN: 0415237033 0415237025 9780415237031 0203132459 0203170350 1280327987 113456046X 9786610327980 9780203170359 9780203132456 9780415237024 9781280327988 661032798X 9781134560417 9781134560455 9781134560462 1134560451 Year: 2000 Publisher: London New York Routledge

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In this, the first modern study of the ancient fairytale, Graham Anderson asks whether the familiar children's fairytale of today existed in the ancient world. He examines texts from the classical period and finds many stories which resemble those we know today, including:* a Jewish Egyptian Cinderella* a Snow White whose enemy is the goddess Artemis* a Pied Piper at Troy.He puts forward many previously unsuspected candidates as classical variants of the modern fairytale and argues that the degree of violence and cruelty in the ancient tales means they must have been meant for

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