students. This is usually the first contact they have with fairy tales in an academic setting,
and I mean to make it memorable. Many of my students find themselves fascinated by the
topic of symbolism in fairy tales but cannot quite fathom why. This course aims to develop
the students' intuitive grasp of fairy-tale meanings into a level of explicit comprehension. It
shows how to make sense of (apparent) nonsense in traditional narratives. This chapter …