The Psychological Meaning Of Redemption Motifs In Fairytales by Marie-Louise von Franz
This study offers a Jungian analysis of redemption motifs in fairy tales, showing how recurring narrative patterns—rescue by a maiden or supernatural helper, descent into an underworld, death-and-rebirth episodes, and tasks or trials—symbolize inner psychological processes. The analysis treats these motifs as expressions of the unconscious and compensatory mechanisms that drive individuation, illustrating the integration of shadow and anima/animus, the healing of complexes (notably maternal and feminine issues), and the emergence of psychic wholeness. Combining mythic, alchemical, and clinical perspectives, it reads fairy tales as symbolic maps of psychological development and therapeutic transformation.
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