Volume 2 of The Collected Works Marie-Louise von Franz: Archetypal Symbols Fairytales: Hero's Journey

Von Franz's prodigious knowledge of fairytales from around the world demonstrates that the fairytale draws its from the collective realm. This volume continues where Volume 1 left off as von Franz describes the fairytale, "suspended between the divine and the secular worlds (...) creating a mysterious and pregnant tension that requires extreme power to withstand." The resistance of the great mother against the hero and his humble origins, as well as the hero freeing the anima figure from the clutches of the unconscious are universal archetypal patterns. The spoils retrieved by the hero symbolize new levels of consciousness wrested from the unconscious. Introduction Chapter 1. The Three Feathers Chapter 2. The Poor Miller's Boy and the Cat Chapter 3. Tritill, Litill, and the Birds Chapter 4. The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs Chapter 5. The King of the Golden Mountain Chapter 6. Stupid Ivanko Chapter 7. The Virgin Tsar Chapter 8. The Blind Padishah Chapter 9. The Boy and the Snake Chapter 10. The Rose Maiden Chapter 11. The Golden Bird Chapter 12. The Golden Castle that Hung in the Air Chapter 13. The Red Swan Chapter 14. The Story of Djihanishah Chapter 15. Djulek Batür Chapter 16. The Magician Palermo Chapter 17. Endings - the Meaning of the End of a Fairytale Bibliography Index of Authors Index of Fairytales Subject Index