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Traditional Catholic Faith => Art and Literature for Catholics => Topic started by: Frank on April 13, 2022, 07:36:12 AM

Title: Grimms' Fairy Tails
Post by: Frank on April 13, 2022, 07:36:12 AM

From a Catholic perspective, any thoughts on Grimms' Fairy Tails?  Good? Bad? Neutral?

Title: Re: Grimms' Fairy Tails
Post by: josefamenendez on April 13, 2022, 08:06:22 AM

For some reason, they always gave me the creeps as a child. They still do.

Title: Re: Grimms' Fairy Tails
Post by: DigitalLogos on April 13, 2022, 08:08:10 AM

Neutral. I look at them as European folklore. By modern sensibilities they might be "shocking", but they're not immoral.

Title: Re: Grimms' Fairy Tails
Post by: hansel on April 13, 2022, 06:26:24 PM

For what it is worth, Dr. David Allen White saw Grimm's and other fairytales as ultimately beneficial and a part of Catholic culture. He described them as "one of the glues that held generations together." 

He talks about fairytales in detail in the middle of his intro talk about David Copperfield: 

https://catholicconferences.bandcamp.com/track/an-introduction-to-dickens-dr-david-a-white 

He starts talking about fairytales 36 min 36 seconds in. At about 39 minutes in he starts talking about the role of dark themes in fairy tales.  

Not saying this is necessarily the only Catholic viewpoint on the subject, but definitely worth a listen.