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Originally Posted by Ididitmyway
Andersen is great. I don't understand how psychoanalysts aren't all over his fairy tales. To me they seem to shed a direct light on our unconscious conflicts, much more so than Grimm brothers and others who were analyzed a lot.
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I think the Grimm Brothers might be more examined because they didn't invent their tales but adapted them from pre-existing legends which helps bolster the idea of archetypal and perennial narratives - stories with primitive origins that continue to resonate enough to retain popularity just because they echo something in the psyche? Anyway, that's my amateur impression!
Like you I resonate much more with HCA whose tales are much more poignant, harrowing and haunted!