1. Introduction: who’s been telling my tale?
2. The classic fairy tale: Cupid and Psyche
3. Arts of variation: Cinderellas and Snow Whites
4. Otherworldly encounters
5. Siren women
6. Rewards and punishments I
7. Rewards and punishments II: three innocent slandered maidens
8. Tricksters
9. Traditional heroes, magic objects
10. Animal tales
11. Tiny people
12. Miscellaneous tales
Appendix 1: the Sleeping Beauty (ATU 410, The Petrified Kingdom)
Appendix 2: some fragmentary hints
Biography
Graham Anderson is Emeritus Professor of Classics in the University of Kent. He has written extensively on ancient folk and fairy tale, including Fairytale in the Ancient World (2000) and Greek and Roman Folklore: A Handbook (2006). His most recent publication is Fantasy in Greek and Roman Literature (Routledge, 2019). He is currently working on a study entitled The Pepaideumenos and his World: Intellectuals in the Roman Empire.
