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Index
Cover Image
Title Page
Epigraph
Bernard Roger, Mother Goose, and the Language of the Birds
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: The Tales
TALES AND LEGENDS
THE ORIGIN OF THE TALES
HOW DID TALES OF WONDER GET THEIR NAME?
Blue Stories
Mother Goose Stories
Old Wives’ Tales
Cock-and-Bull Stories
Airy Tales
Stories Told by the Stork
Donkey Skin Stories
Fairy Tales
THE FUNCTIONS ATTRIBUTED TO THE TALE OF MARVELS
Chapter 2: The Initiation
INITIATION AND FAIRY TALES
INITIATION IN THE WESTERN WORLD
THE STAGES
Chapter 3: The Stages
THE CANDIDATE FOR INITIATION (OR THE SUBJECT OF THIS BOOK)
The Boys
The Girls
THE RAW STONE
On Society’s Margins
The Youngest Sons
Birthmarks
Sold to the Dark Man
The Soldier La Ramée
The Poor Man’s Son
The Girls
DEPARTURE ON THE QUEST
Discovery of the World
In Search of Something or Someone
The Pursuit of a Bird
The Quest for Water or a Horse
Winning a Princess
The Girls
Chapter 4: V.I.T.R.I.O.L., or the Door of the Temple
THE UNDERGROUND WORLD
The Forest
The Castle
The Girls
Chapter 5: The Paths of V.I.T.R.I.O.L.
THE CASTLE
OTHER PLACES
TRIALS
The Combat against a Dragon
The Pit
The Lost Personality
Theft of Objects
The Impossible Tasks
Riddles
Beings and Things to Uncover
FOUR ESSENTIAL FACTORS OF FATE
The Party Responsible for the Departure
The Assistants
The Object of the Quest
The Place Where the Object Is Found
The Assassination of the Hero
The Pact with the Devil
The Girls
Chapter 6: Light
THE FIANCÉE REFOUND
EXIT FROM THE PIT
The Climb Back Out of the Pit
The Objects Brought Up
The Events that Follow His Reascent
DELIVERANCE
The Girls
The Circumstances of the Deliverance
Affairs with the Devil
The Awakening of Consciousness
Identity Recovered
The Girls
REBIRTH
THE CROWN
Epilogue: A Contemporary Experience
TWO PERSONAL STORIES
Footnotes
Endnotes
Bibliography
About the Author
About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company
Books of Related Interest
Copyright & Permissions
Index
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