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lisa
Unregistered User
(5/26/06 7:19 am)
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colors
what does blue, white, yellow, pink, red, and purple mean, in fairy tales?
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Writerpatrick
Registered User
(5/26/06 7:54 am)
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Re: colors
Depends upon the context.
Red is commonly meant to refer to blood, but it can also refer to a woman's sexual maturity.
White is often a reference to death, as in a white lily.
Most of the time they have no meaning whatsoever.
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Veronica Schanoes
Registered User
(5/29/06 10:49 pm)
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colors
It depends on the fairy tale in question and its context. White can signify death, as Patrick writes, and it can signify virginity or purity. Blue is a color artistically associated with the Virgin Mary...but that's only significant if the tale you're looking at is in a Christian context. Are there any specific tales you're thinking of?
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Rosemary Lake
Registered User
(5/30/06 1:15 am)
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Re: colors
Gold often marks some sought-after object, according to Max Luthi. It's usually metal, sometimes a character with golden hair. There's a Russian tale about a girl whose little brother was stolen by a bird or witch or such. When the girl found the lair, there was her little brother "safe and playing with a golden ball." No ball or gold had been mentioned before, the ball had nothing to do with the story. I don't recall references to things that are simply painted gold.
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nimiane
Registered User
(5/31/06 10:45 am)
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purple
Purple (in general), often is associated with wealth, prestige, and royalty. Mostly because the dye was extracted from shellfish - which is rare and extremely costly to produce.
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