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WISHFULFILLMENT AND SYMBOLISM IN FAIRY TALES

they share with dreams. There could naturally be found innumerable others; the question here is regarding a problem which must be separately solved.[1]

  1. One finds in these stepmother fairy tales, for example, that the father sexually pursues the daughter, or as in "The Lark," brings the male sexual symbol. He is replaced by the wish prince.