Do you think fairy tales have some deeper meaning?

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[Sleevey]

Defiantly. Dr Jorden Peterson has many lectures on the wisdom of thousands of years was passed down in stories. Fairy tales, the stories in the bible all are based on oral and writen history as life lessons polished by the retelling and holding deep meaning. I even have a theory on monsters in fairytales. I was in the mountains of Rwanda in 1995 when I encountered Pygmys. They looked like children. Unlike dwarfism these were proportional just tiny. Enter elves, or halflings. Giants, well pituitary cancer or gigantism. Dwarfs, well that’s easy. Trolls, ap, Down syndrome. Orcs, leper’s? And so on. My one stumper, dragons! They are depicted all over the world by cultures that never met,

Watched Peterson’s bible series on YouTube. It’s not religious just a study I’d myth and tales and meanings passed on. It’s fascinating.

[Grond21]

They most definitely do. That's why they have such lasting power. They tap into the archetypal stories and subconscious of humans.

[Cherokeehp]

Pretty much all of them do. Fairy tales were created to teach children life lessons, so pretty much all of them have some sort of moral to the story.

[laurieluvsit]

YES...

REAL LIFE LESSONS I LEARNED FROM CHILDHOOD FAIRY TALES!

[RJJ33666]

I believe every fairy tale has a meaning. For example. the story of beauty and beast depicts a woman of great beauty falling in love with a beast and then the beast turns into a handsome prince. I think it means that any woman who has truly fallen in love could change even the worst of men into a good person.

[ohshee]

I think everything has a deeper meaning and we are so cought UP in our fast pace world it passes us by or we are to quick for the fast answer we get it wrong even like right now I would love to explain but I'm going to be late for work lol maybe next time

[wankiam]

most of them were designed to reinforce the ideas of the day concerning the weak fairer sex needing a strong man to save her... as for alice in wonderland, lewis carol was an opium addict.

[Savage_Wisdom]

The original Grims' Fairy Tails were created as horror stories to scare children into not being stupid.

[Enochian]

I wish my mom never read me those books when I was a kid, cos here I am today hoping that one day I am able to find my happily ever after with some amazing woman.

[Jjpayne]

Originally Grimm fairy tales had quite a different one :) but yes I think it's possible the author did have a different meaning

[ArrowheadSW]

Yes... Not that I've ever been into analyzing fairy tales... LOL... But it is kind of like mythology with the stories having a deeper meaning.

[Avicenna]

Yes, they do. There are morals to the story or certain behavioral or character traits are examined.

[ThisDudeHere]

I'm pretty sure any author intends for their story to have some meaning that's beneath the surface.

[JimboGB]

They all have deeper meanings for the meta-narratives of society with the next generation in mind. Whether that is love, romance and marriage for instance and so on.

[Makeushiver]

Yeah, If you read the original Grimm's Bros. tales they are laden with meaning and symols

[Laozi]

Everything has deeper meaning. It's just the matter of understanding.

[genericname85]

no. they have a "moral of the story". that's not "a deeper meaning". it is "the meaning".

[OfDeath]

They are usually meant to teach kids some sort of moral story.

[AaronKrieger]

You've been watching too much of Jordan Peterson.

[sensible27]

Meaning is a jumper you have to knit yourself...

[winterfox10]

They usually do, yes.

[JosyJosy]

Yes, not all are too happy.

[Iron_Man]

Yes of course only in Fantasyland a. m.

[magiusX26]

that is the whole point if them

[coffeewithcream]

That's why they were written.

[Lliam]

Most do. Of course.

[GreenGold1992]

I think so

[Jakeofalltrades93]

normally

[asshole_]

MAYBE

[disgustingweebtrash]

maybe

[colin77]

Yea I think so...