kikiandarrowsfishshelf's review against another edition
4.0
I read the paperback edition of this book. Anderson makes good connections between modern well known fairy tales, such as "Cinderella" to ancient stories (myths and legends). Anderson does not just limit himself to stories of Greece and Roman, but older Jewish legends as well as Persian legends as well. He makes a good case for "Cinderella" and "Snow White" but for some of the other tales, "Godfather Death" for instance; he seems to be stretching a bit too far.
kelseythefancyhatladyreads's review
I'm not going to try to give this a star-rating. It's challenging to read if you're not familiar with many of the primary sources referenced, but very good for dismantling pre-conceived notions of what qualifies a narrative as a folk/fairy tale, and what qualifies it as a precursor to any given modern tale type.
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