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.
Wonder tale
The Three Golden Hairs of the Devil
Irmãos Grimm · 1908
A boy born under a prophecy crosses abandonment, a sentence of death and hell itself in order to fulfil his destiny.
- Original title
- Os tres cabellos d'oiro do Diabo
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
Read in the app
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Tales in conversation with this one
Vasilisa the Beautiful
Tradição oral russa, recolhida por Aleksandr Afanásiev · Rússia
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.
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.