Not a Fairy-Tale Red Flag. A Collection of Fairy Tales with Psychological and Cultural Analyses

As children, we thought these were fairy tales about princesses, love, and a happy ending. But what if it’s all a little more complicated?
Why does The Little Mermaid give up her voice? What is Red Riding Hood really looking for when she goes into the forest? What might the silence of the Tsarevna-Not-Laughing (The Tsarevna-Unspeaking) tell us? And why is the monster from "The Scarlet Flower" not actually the scariest character in the story?
After each fairy tale, you’ll find a psychological or cultural analysis that will help you look at familiar plots in an adult way. Sometimes the most unexpected lessons are hidden precisely in the fairy tales we listened to before going to sleep.
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