Archetypal Symbols in Fairy Tales. The Hero's Journey

The book of the outstanding Swiss psychologist and thinker Marie-Louise von Franz (1915-1998) "Archetypal Symbols in Fairy Tales", which she worked on for eight years, was published in the 1950s under the name of another person, Hedwig von Beit. The... Jungian Psychology Foundation in Küsnacht achieved recognition of von Franz's authorship and published three volumes of her studies under the name of the actual author. And only now, this work is being published for the first time in Russian as part of the collected works.
In this work, Marie-Louise von Franz addresses the fairy tales of many nations, frequently focusing on Russian folk tales. She is the founder of a new direction in folklore research that utilizes the achievements of analytical psychology.
The work "Archetypal Symbols in Fairy Tales" is published in the first three volumes of the collected works: "The Mundane and the Magical Worlds", "The Hero's Journey", and "The Maiden's Trial". The second volume is dedicated to the theme of the fairy tale hero's journey in search of some elusive treasure - a symbol of the Self. Von Franz considers the wandering of such a hero as a process of individuation of the personality and at the same time as a metaphor for immersion in the unconscious.
The book is aimed at both specialists in psychoanalysis, psychology, cultural studies, and a wide audience of readers interested in folk creativity.