Feminist Fairy Tales by Barbara G. Walker

Author:Barbara G. Walker
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2013-09-08T04:00:00+00:00

FIFTEEN

Some traditional fairy tales are morality dramas, designed to teach children that virtuous behavior earns rewards and vices will be punished. Such stories may depict naughtiness transformed into goodness by some physical trial, with a homily tagged on at the end to emphasize the point.

Prince Gimme is the protagonist of this morality play, representing the unfortunate consequences of hubris, greed, and frivolity. He is cured by female magic, with the mystic symbol of the Cauldron standing for spiritual transformation, and the Goddess’s archetypal trinity shown in her ubiquitous white, red, and black. Hindus called these colors the sacred gunas of purity, passion, and darkness, sacred to the Goddess in her Virgin, Mother, and Crone forms as Maya, Durga, and Kali.* The feline familiars in this tale partake of the same color scheme. Fear of the familiars is part of the prince’s trial, indicating that threats may be necessary to bring about sincere reformation.

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