Category: Myth, Fantasy, Folklore, Fairy Tales

  • Why We Need Fairy Tales

    Why We Need Fairy Tales

    “The individual fairy tale is not itself a myth, but it presupposes a mythic framework of surprise, dependence or vulnerability, the balancing of anxiety with expectation: a thumbnail sketch of human experience in a bewildering natural and emotional environment.” (“why we need fairy tales now more than ever” by Rowan Williams, New Statesman, December 22,…