The Nixie of the Mill-Pond
Jacob e Wilhelm Grimm
A bargain made without understanding its price crosses two generations, until a woman seeks to recover the husband taken by the nixie of the pond.
Wonder tale
The Little Old Woman with Five Cows
E. A. Khudyakov / tradição oral Sakha · 1925
A plant gathered by an old woman becomes an extraordinarily beautiful maiden. On the way to her wedding, she is killed and replaced by a monstrous impostor, but a speaking horse preserves the truth.
- Original title
- The Little Old Woman with Five Cows
- Collected by
- C. Fillingham Coxwell
What the app opens
In Dovor, every tale comes in full, with four readings written for it.
- Psychoanalytic readingdesires, lacks, defences and repetitions
- Analytical readingconflicts, compensations and transformation
- Archetypal readinguniversal images, figures and motifs
- Phenomenological observationearth, water, air and fire
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Vasilisa the Beautiful
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When her mother dies, Vasilisa receives a doll and an instruction: feed it and ask its advice whenever misfortune comes. Sent into the forest to fetch fire, she reaches Baba Yaga's hut and must fulfil the tasks of the old woman who eats people.
Hansel and Gretel
Jacob e Wilhelm Grimm · Alemanha
In a time of famine, two siblings are abandoned in the forest. Pebbles, crumbs and a white bird lead them to an edible house hiding a devouring threat.