Um. I don’t feel you’ve actually read any “old fairy tales” because they’re not about rescuing princesses. They’re pretty much morality tales where incredibly horrible things happen to people who behave badly, and nice things happen to those who “do the right thing.” Of course, the stories do vary by source, but the tales collected by the Grimm brothers are almost universally… grim. And don’t get me started on Andersen’s stories. His “The Little Mermaid” is NOT Disney.
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Yes I have. There are many variations to the “Knight in Shining armor who rescues the Fairy Princess.” The other variation is “Knight in shining armor who rescues the damsel in distress.” These are part of the Fairy tales that are read to children. These tall tales are also dramatized in a darker setting for adults.
These stories have come to the modern world from general myths and legends. Changed to a degree during the medieval period. And of course changed into modern scenarios.
Then converted somewhat by modern writers and the film industry. A good example of this is the film: " The 7th Voyage of Sinbad " 1958. The film’s entirety revolves around Captain Sinbad rescuing the Princess from the evil wizard.
Mythology has many examples of this. Even Peter Pan had a fairy: Tinkerbell.
The Origins of these stories are based in in stories from ancient mythology from Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Norse lore etc.
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So what you’re actually talking about are late-medieval chivalry tales. The girls aren’t fairies, there are limited magic elements constrained more to the supernatural such as Salamanders / Dragons, and those are rare
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Not exactly. I’m talking about all of Mythology. Most of the stories involved magic of some type. And magical beings.
For this Topic post I was using a generalized composite term. That most people would recognize.
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Here we go again.
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Fairy tales aren’t the same thing as mythology and legends. I’ve got book cases full of both–and I’ve read them. Even so, the vast majority of fairly tales, myths, and legends have got nothing to do with rescuing princesses. Even the ones that sort of do, like Rapunzel, are actually pretty damn awful in their original forms.
Do you know the original story of Rapunzel? You know, the prince doesn’t actually rescue her, he impregnates her. And ends up having his eyes torn out by the thorns. Most of those stories have similar themes of punishment. They are cautionary tales. Bad things happen to folks who misbehave. And they were told to children in those forms long before modern folks cleaned them up.
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I guess every culture needs to be american economic zone culture.
I like the old german fables.
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Well I never said the vast majority did. Regardless. Most people so far understood my topic question.
Would you like to answer my original question?
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Except it turns out she doesn’t actually need saving.
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Some would roll their eyes at that description.
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And some of those grim stories involve rescuing princesses: Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White. But the condescending attitude “I don’t feel you’ve actually read any ‘old fairy tales’” is always nice to see.
Just because the prince and Rapunzel have premarital sex in the earliest version doesn’t mean it’s not about rescuing the princess. He basically fails, life is like that, but finds her later, regains his sight when her tears fall on his eyes, and they get their “happily ever after.” I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make with the OP.
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Haven’t read the thread but I’m the Fairy Princess.
The littlest fairy princess with a potato pc 
help me henry cavill, you’re my potato pcs only hope /swoon
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It’s weird to post things that are so incorrect as if they’re facts. Are you still in school?
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This is World of Warcraft not Hello Kitty Island Adventure
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I would say the “Faerie Princess” is just one representation of the 4th Step (Nadir/Abyss) of Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey.
To take a pop culture story everyone can identify with: Star Wars. The corresponding figure there would be Princess Leia. Luke meets her aboard the Death Star and at the lowest point during his journey: Captured by the Empire. His loss of his mentor, Ben Kenobi, leads to his “Transformation”, the next step in his Hero’s Journey.
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It’s me. I’m the fairy princess.
Aww but I was promised a 2 for 1 coupon at a bar n grill joint if I save a fairy…
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she’s in BRD. she ran off with the bad dwarf.
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No, meeting a princess is in no way a nadir, which is a low point / rebirth. Actual examples in mythology include going into hell itself. A crucible.
In the example of A New Hope, going to the Death Star may be similar, but that doesn’t mean meeting a princess is a nadir generally, and it certainly doesn’t somehow insert Faerie Princesses generally into the Hero’s Journey.
(Also I don’t think it’s the low point of the story, especially when he meets Leia having mostly had success thus far - but I’m not here to debate Star Wars story.)
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