A Warning from the Ancestors: Psychopaths in Folklore and Fairy Tales
Thomas Sheridan
thomassheridanarts.blogspot.com
Sun, 20 Nov 2011 07:51 CST
Recently, I received a message from a someone who read Puzzling People and they asked me this question: "Why are ALL fairy tales about psychopaths and psychopathic behavior?"
Mythology and folklore are really an early form of psychology. In a pre-scientific era - it was the only means by which average people could anchor their frustration and warnings to others regarding the Consciousness Parasites and other pathological predators within the material world - without having to rely exclusively on supernatural-religious concepts such as demons, succubi and so on. This was probably to avoid charges of witchcraft and blasphemy. So rather than deal with purely religious motifs - from around the Middle Ages on - the psychopath entered into the world of children's fairy tale. (read full article at Signs of the Times)
Dayum - I loved Rumpelstiltskin!
Thomas Sheridan
thomassheridanarts.blogspot.com
Sun, 20 Nov 2011 07:51 CST
Recently, I received a message from a someone who read Puzzling People and they asked me this question: "Why are ALL fairy tales about psychopaths and psychopathic behavior?"
Mythology and folklore are really an early form of psychology. In a pre-scientific era - it was the only means by which average people could anchor their frustration and warnings to others regarding the Consciousness Parasites and other pathological predators within the material world - without having to rely exclusively on supernatural-religious concepts such as demons, succubi and so on. This was probably to avoid charges of witchcraft and blasphemy. So rather than deal with purely religious motifs - from around the Middle Ages on - the psychopath entered into the world of children's fairy tale. (read full article at Signs of the Times)
Dayum - I loved Rumpelstiltskin!
