Red as blood, white as snow, black as crow: chromatic symbolism of womanhood in fairy tales

Since Brent Berlin and Paul Kay's classic study on Basic Color Terms, the universal chromatic trio of white, red, and black became a matter of scholarly interest. This article examines uses of this chromatic trio to depict ideal womanhood in European fairy tales. Chrétien de Troyes wrote that t...

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Main Author: Vaz da Silva, F. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10071/19149
Country:Portugal
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