The Collected Works of Marie-Louise von Franz is a 28 volume Magnum Opus from one of the leading minds in Jungian Psychology. Volume 3 turns to the Maiden's Quest within fairytales.
The maiden/heroine navigates a complicated maze of inner and outer relationships as she builds a bridge to the unconscious. The heroine contends with the animus in many forms like a devouring and incestuous father, demonic groom, the beautiful prince, an androgenous mother, a cold dark tower, and through conflict with the evil stepmother. Dangers and pitfalls await her as the conscious feminine strives to make connections with the unconscious masculine. The maiden is the undeveloped feminine and the promised fruit of her struggle with the animus is the coniunctio. Volume 3 is a masterwork of cross-cultural scholarship, penetrating psychological insight, and a strikingly illuminating treatise. With her usual perspicacity and thoroughness, von Franz gathers countless fairytale motifs revealing a myriad of facets to the maiden's quest.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1. Bluebeard
Chapter 2. The Pastor's Wife
Chapter 3. The Woman Who Became A Spider
Chapter 4. Sedna
Chapter 5. The Girl and the Skull
Chapter 6. The Two Sisters
Chapter 7. Mother Holle
Chapter 8. Ingebjörg and the Good Stepmother
Chapter 9. The Wages of the Stepdaughter and the House Daughter
Chapter 10. Little Fatima with the Moon Forehead
Chapter 11. Snowflake
Chapter 12. Sleeping Beauty - Little Briar Rose
Chapter 13. Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
Chapter 14. Rapunzel
Chapter 15. Cinderella
Chapter 16. The Magic Horse
Chapter 17. Hans Wunderlich
Chapter 18. Allerleirauh, All-Kinds-Of-Fur
Chapter 19. The White Bride and the Black Bride
Chapter 20. The Goose Girl
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index of Authors
Index of Fairytales
