Open AccessWitches in fairy tales from the brothers Grimm collection «Kinderund Hausmärchen»: attributes and functions
Author(s) -
Anna Kalkaeva
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
vestnik kulʹturologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2658-3291
DOI - 10.31249/hoc/2021.02.02
Subject(s) - demonology , folklore , german , literature , art , history , archaeology
The article is devoted to functions and attributes of witches appearing in fairytale plots of «fairytales» from «Children's and Household Tales» by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. Author compares tales from Grimms’ collection with texts from collections of German demonology folklore, made by researchers of XX century.