A lot of these fairytales are based on the Brothers Grimm. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_Grimm
In these stories were based on the brothers traveling around the country sides and gathering stories from oral storytellers.
Back in the day fairytales were used as warnings and metaphors. I think a lot of those warnings and metaphors are lost in modern time, but the story still holds. Also, fairytales provide a soft psychological way to warn people not to do something and to encourage them to live noble lives.
The little mermaid for example was actually a much more gruesome tale ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Mermaid ), however Disney ended up making it sweet and happy as we are cushioning kids from the real world too much.
Look forward to reading your other articles!
Thank you @jacuzzi! I really appreciate your thoughtful comment! Yes! The original Little Mermaid tale was very gruesome! The Grimm brothers were just trying to record the stories. And you’re right, that is how people learned to survive in much earlier times. I think we need modern fairy tales - if we had those, most of the villains would be scammers and politicians!
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Or it could be way better world. Fairy tales were mixture of reality and fantasy, is it good if we going to cut reality from it. Escaping from reality and creating world of illusions is not a solution. Of course reality change over time, we not living in medieval times anymore. We should adapt not escape.
People escaping from anything that causes fear/sorrow/anger, to the level where world is just an illusion. I always like to say that truth doesn't exist anymore, especially when people starts talking politics. But going back to Therapeutic Fairy Tales, like u said in your post going through our problems is much more effective than escaping from them. Even support groups may be example here.
I never talked about my problems, i keep them hidden in my head. I know that's not the solution but also i have awareness that there is no one who could help me, i need to deal with it by myself.
Yes to what you are saying about a better world! I am currently working on some children's books that are for the soul/sole purpose of helping children feel better about themselves and to teach them to be kind to each other and animals!