ESAS OTRAS MUJERES: LAS BRUJAS EN LA LITERATURA INFANTIL

ESAS OTRAS MUJERES: LAS BRUJAS EN LA LITERATURA INFANTIL

Witches seem to be the most recurrent female characters in fairy tales. It is believed that the English word witch originates from the Egyptian term baq, which means female power, a woman who is aware of her own power and is in turn an empowered woman. This study outlines the origin of witches in cl...

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Main Author: Beatriz Fernández Herrero
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal de Goiás 2015-06-01
Series:Linguagem: Estudos e Pesquisas
Subjects:
witches
childhood literature
moral archetypes
classical tales
contemporary literature
Online Access:https://www.revistas.ufg.br/lep/article/view/39885/21071
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spelling doaj-56fc025d51664ee2b00d25b61d94e06b2020-11-25T01:10:10ZporUniversidade Federal de GoiásLinguagem: Estudos e Pesquisas1519-62402358-10422015-06-011913750ESAS OTRAS MUJERES: LAS BRUJAS EN LA LITERATURA INFANTILBeatriz Fernández Herrero0Universidade na propia Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, no Campus de LugoWitches seem to be the most recurrent female characters in fairy tales. It is believed that the English word witch originates from the Egyptian term baq, which means female power, a woman who is aware of her own power and is in turn an empowered woman. This study outlines the origin of witches in classical mythology in order to present them as literary characters and more precisely as protagonists of childhood literature. This analysis shows that the archetypes they represent have changed over time, from being the female personification of evil in traditional tales to being comical companions of young readers in contemporary literature.https://www.revistas.ufg.br/lep/article/view/39885/21071witcheschildhood literaturemoral archetypesclassical talescontemporary literature
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ESAS OTRAS MUJERES: LAS BRUJAS EN LA LITERATURA INFANTIL
Linguagem: Estudos e Pesquisas
witches
childhood literature
moral archetypes
classical tales
contemporary literature
author_facet Beatriz Fernández Herrero
author_sort Beatriz Fernández Herrero
title ESAS OTRAS MUJERES: LAS BRUJAS EN LA LITERATURA INFANTIL
title_short ESAS OTRAS MUJERES: LAS BRUJAS EN LA LITERATURA INFANTIL
title_full ESAS OTRAS MUJERES: LAS BRUJAS EN LA LITERATURA INFANTIL
title_fullStr ESAS OTRAS MUJERES: LAS BRUJAS EN LA LITERATURA INFANTIL
title_full_unstemmed ESAS OTRAS MUJERES: LAS BRUJAS EN LA LITERATURA INFANTIL
title_sort esas otras mujeres: las brujas en la literatura infantil
publisher Universidade Federal de Goiás
series Linguagem: Estudos e Pesquisas
issn 1519-6240
2358-1042
publishDate 2015-06-01
description Witches seem to be the most recurrent female characters in fairy tales. It is believed that the English word witch originates from the Egyptian term baq, which means female power, a woman who is aware of her own power and is in turn an empowered woman. This study outlines the origin of witches in classical mythology in order to present them as literary characters and more precisely as protagonists of childhood literature. This analysis shows that the archetypes they represent have changed over time, from being the female personification of evil in traditional tales to being comical companions of young readers in contemporary literature.
topic witches
childhood literature
moral archetypes
classical tales
contemporary literature
url https://www.revistas.ufg.br/lep/article/view/39885/21071
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