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vir slike:miszalozba.com Slovensko okolje je za Franza Xaverja von Schönwertha slišalo že nekaj časa nazaj. Nikakor ne vem seveda, kdaj točno. A na to ime sem tudi sam naletel pred leti, ko sem se ukvarjal in več bralnega časa posvetil bratoma Grimm , ki sta s svojo zbirko Otroških in hišnih pravljic od leta 1812 naprej naredila veliko delo in zaznamovala kulturno odraščanje marsikaterega otroka. Grimmove pravljice so bestseller in s prevodi, ki so jih bile deležne tudi v slovenski jezik , so se trdno usidrale v zavest ljudi. Schönwerth je tudi sam bil velik zbiralec pravljic, ki je gradivo zbiral na območju Oberpfalz na Vzhodnem Bavarskem. Obstaja dober razlog, zakaj ga ostareli Jacob Grimm omenja v pismu , ki ga pošilja v odgovor na povabilo v Ljubljano, ko ga je Historično društvo za Kranjsko leta 1958 postavilo za častnega člana. Obstaja dober razlog, zakaj ga tudi drugje omenja z veliko naklonjenostjo. To bo bralec spoznal tudi po zaslugi izdaje Schönwerthovih pravljic v slo...

Among different perspectives of the tales, this essay will try to focus on one of these, so I would like to point out one: the element of sacrifice. In Grimm’s tales the element of sacrifice is a neutral act in itself, but always bonded to the moral ground of the character who performs the sacrifice . Even the intensity of sacrifice does not change that. It only depends on the person who makes it. Look at the tales of Aschenputtel , The Almond Tree or Snow-white , where really false intentions drive the antagonists to do horrible things to get what they want. In the Aschenputtel we see how the mother tries to put her daughter into the golden shoe with the order ‘’ Cut the toe off… ’’ , just to make the foot fit (p.107) and later it don’t pay. Same happens with the stepmother of Snow-white , who has extremely sick desire to be the fairest of us all – decides to sacrifice the Snow-white (in even more absurd cannibalistic manner), but the stepmother fails at the end. And the most...