Exploring the inner landscape https://www.aboutpsyche.com/ 2026-04-26T14:40:13+00:00 https://www.aboutpsyche.com/ https://www.aboutpsyche.com/_media/wiki/logo.png text/html 2017-02-14T04:18:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.aboutpsyche.com/fairytales_and_myth/allerleirauh?rev=1487045923&do=diff Allerleirauh Brothers Grimm, tale no. 65. Aarne-Thompson type 510B, unnatural love. text/html 2017-02-14T04:18:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.aboutpsyche.com/fairytales_and_myth/amor_and_psyche?rev=1487045923&do=diff Amor and Psyche Amor and Psyche from the Metamorphoses or Golden Ass of Lucius Apuleius from Amor and Psyche: The Psychic Development of the Feminine: A Commentary on the Tale by Apuleius by Erich Neumann In a certain city there once lived a king and queen. They had three daughters very fair to view. But whereas it was thought that the charms of the two eldest, great as they were, could yet be worthily celebrated by mortal praise, the youngest daughter was so strangely and wonderful… text/html 2017-02-14T04:18:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.aboutpsyche.com/fairytales_and_myth/bear_skin?rev=1487045923&do=diff Bearskin Brothers Grimm tale no. 101, and Aarne-Thompson type 361 There was once a young fellow who enlisted as a soldier, conducted himself bravely, and was always the foremost when it rained bullets. So long as the war lasted, all went well, but when peace was made, he received his dismissal, and the captain said he might go where he liked. His parents were dead, and he had no longer a home, so he went to his brothers and begged them to take him in, and keep him until war broke out again. Th… text/html 2017-02-14T04:18:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.aboutpsyche.com/fairytales_and_myth/crescent_moon_bear?rev=1487045923&do=diff The Crescent Moon Bear Japanese folk tale, 'paraphrased' from the version found in Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Once there was a young woman who lived in a fragrant pine forest at the base of a mountain. Her husband had been away at the wars for many years, and when she heard that he was coming home, she was overjoyed. She shopped and cooked and cleaned and cooked to prepare for his arrival. But when her husband reached the edge of the trees, he refused to come closer. He … text/html 2017-02-14T05:08:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.aboutpsyche.com/fairytales_and_myth/oedipus_rex?rev=1487048918&do=diff Oedipus Trilogy [Oedipus Rex eText] [Sophocles play - Oedipus Trilogy] Notes Freud Freud spoke of the Ego, the Super Ego and the Id. These formed a triangle, the ego struggling between the Super Ego and the Id. * The Primary processes being fantasy and wish fulfilment driven by the Id (the pleasure principle, text/html 2017-02-14T05:08:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.aboutpsyche.com/fairytales_and_myth/opheus_and_eurydice?rev=1487048921&do=diff Orpheus and Eurydice Moncrieff, A R Hope. Gramercy Books. New York. Avenell [Commantary by Berverley Zabriskie (JAP, 2000, 45, 427-447)] Family tree of the Greek gods What are the themes here: * music * love * creativity * the Gods * the mother son muse relationship * the power of art * lost love * hades - death * politics - the ability for Orpheus to win over text/html 2017-02-14T04:18:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.aboutpsyche.com/fairytales_and_myth/phaeton_helios?rev=1487045923&do=diff Phaëton Wikipedia <http://www.sacred-texts.com/atl/rag/rag19.htm> Notes Commentary I like the idea of the rising and the setting of the sun, birth, death and rebirth. I wonder how this relates to the god Aker (horizon). The strength Apollo must have to manage the chariot, how does this relate to ego strength as the driver of the Self = sun. (just throwing out thoughts). text/html 2017-02-14T05:08:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.aboutpsyche.com/fairytales_and_myth/the_blue_bird?rev=1487048919&do=diff The blue bird D'Aulnoy, Marie Catherine Baronne. The Fairy Tales of Madame D'Aulnoy. Miss Annie Macdonell and Miss Lee, translators. Clinton Peters, illustrator. London: Lawrence and Bullen, (1892). THERE was once upon a time a king who was very rich in lands and money. When his wife died he was inconsolable, and for eight whole days he shut himself up in a little room, and knocked his head against the wall, so desperate was he. They feared lest he should kill himself, and they therefore put m… text/html 2017-02-14T04:18:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.aboutpsyche.com/fairytales_and_myth/the_frog_prince?rev=1487045923&do=diff The Frog Prince (or Iron Henry) Brothers Grimm tale no. 1, and Aarne-Thompson type 440 Notes Commentary It is not clear to me right away what the intention of this story is. It is also curious that the story goes by different names; The Frog Prince, Iron Henry, Faithful Henry. Sometimes, the part about the servant Henry is left off at the end. text/html 2017-02-14T05:08:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.aboutpsyche.com/fairytales_and_myth/the_girl_without_hands?rev=1487048904&do=diff The girl without hands Brothers Grimm tale no. 31, and Aarne-Thompson type 706 A certain miller had little by little fallen into poverty, and had nothing left but his mill and a large apple-tree behind it. Once when he had gone into the forest to fetch wood, an old man stepped up to him whom he had never seen before, and said, text/html 2017-02-14T04:18:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.aboutpsyche.com/fairytales_and_myth/the_golden_bird?rev=1487045924&do=diff The Golden Bird Brothers Grimm, tale no. 57. Aarne-Thompson type 550. A certain king had a beautiful garden, and in the garden stood a tree which bore golden apples. These apples were always counted, and about the time when they began to grow ripe it was found that every night one of them was gone. The king became very angry at this, and ordered the gardener to keep watch all night under the tree. The gardener set his eldest son to watch; but about twelve o’clock he fell asleep, and in the mor… text/html 2017-02-22T08:47:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.aboutpsyche.com/fairytales_and_myth/the_goose_girl?rev=1487753279&do=diff The Goose-Girl at the Well Brothers Grimm tale no. 179, and Aarne-Thompson type 923, love like salt. There was once upon a time a very old woman, who lived with her flock of geese in a remote clearing in the mountains, and there had a little house. The clearing was surrounded by a large forest, and every morning the old woman took her crutch and hobbled into it. There, however, she was quite active, more so than any one would have thought, considering her age, and collected grass for her geese… text/html 2017-02-14T05:08:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.aboutpsyche.com/fairytales_and_myth/the_juniper_tree?rev=1487048917&do=diff The Juniper Tree by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm wikipedia - The juniper tree The Fairytale online The Tale Long ago, at least two thousand years, there was a rich man who had a beautiful and pious wife, and they loved each other dearly. However, they had no children, though they wished very much to have some, and the woman prayed for them day and night, but they didn't get any, and they didn't get any. text/html 2017-02-22T08:48:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.aboutpsyche.com/fairytales_and_myth/the_seven_ravens?rev=1487753285&do=diff The Seven Ravens Brothers Grimm tale no. 25, and Aarne-Thompson type 451 There was once a man who had seven sons, and still he had no daughter, however much he wished for one. At length his wife again gave him hope of a child, and when it came into the world it was a girl. The joy was great, but the child was sickly and small, and had to be privately baptized on account of its weakness. The father sent one of the boys in haste to the spring to fetch water for the baptism. The other six went wi… text/html 2017-02-14T04:18:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.aboutpsyche.com/fairytales_and_myth/the_white_snake?rev=1487045925&do=diff The White Snake Brothers Grimm, tale no. 17. It is Aarne-Thompson type 673. A long time ago there lived a king who was famed for his wisdom through all the land. Nothing was hidden from him, and it seemed as if news of the most secret things was brought to him through the air. text/html 2017-02-14T04:18:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.aboutpsyche.com/fairytales_and_myth/the_woman_who_became_a_spider?rev=1487045925&do=diff The Woman who became a spider There was once a man and a woman who had a daughter, and they would have lived quite happily together if the daughter had not despised men. Her father wanted her to marry, but she always refused. Many young men came of their own volition, for she was a beautiful girl. It also happened that the father would bring home young men in the evening so that they might meet his daughter. But nothing helped; the mere mention of men made the girl bad-tempered, and if any came… text/html 2017-02-14T04:18:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.aboutpsyche.com/fairytales_and_myth/true_and_untrue?rev=1487045928&do=diff True and Untrue Dasent, Sir George Webbe (2001) Popular Tales from the Norse. Dover Publications Inc. Once on a time there were two brothers; one was called True, and the other Untrue. True was always upright and good towards all, but Untrue was bad and full of lies, so that no one could believe what he said. Their mother was a widow, and hadn't much to live on; so when her sons had grown up, she was forced to send them away, that they might earn their bread in the world. Each got a little scr…