The Witch Must Die : The Hidden Meaning of Fairy Tales

A noted psychologist shows how fairy tales are a powerful aid to growing up, banishing fears, resolving conflicts, and conquering the darkness that dwells within us.;Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Once Upon a Time; 2. The Witch Within: The Sleeping Beauties; 3. Vanity: Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall; 4. Gluttony: Where Bread Crumbs Lead; 5. Envy: If the Slipper Fits. . .; 6. Objects That Love; 7. Deceit: Spinning Tales, Weaving Lies; 8. Lust: A Tail of the Sea; 9. Greed: The Beanstalk's Bounty; 10. Sloth: Geppetto's Dream; 11. Inside Oz: Off to See the Wizard; 12. Once Upon a Future; Appendix 1: Using Fairy Tales; Appendix 2: Finding Fairy Tales; Index. In The Witch Must Die , Sheldon Cashdan explores how fairy tales help children deal with psychological conflicts by projecting their own internal struggles between good and evil onto the battles enacted by the characters in the stories. Not since Bettelheim's The Uses of Enchantment has the underlying significance of fantasy and fairy tales been so insightfully and entertainingly mined.