Folktales of Chile

Apr 02, 2022 21:08

Folktales of Chile by Yolando Pino-Saavedra

A collection of various types.

Some animals, some religious, some tricksters (not to my taste) but mostly "wonder tales" or fairy tales -- without, of course, fairies.

Variants on Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty (complete with the mother-in-law problems). Variants on more unusual ones. For instance, the tale where the princess is wished pregnant turns into the tale where she betrays her son for a villain whom the son had thought he had killed. Some interesting treatments.

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