Discussion: types of fairy tales?

[rodlox.livejournal.com]

I started making a list for an OUAT fic, but I know I'm missing entire groups in it. I'm trying to arrange at least a sampling of stories for each type -- and how many types of stories there are.
and I don't mean the classic Man Vs Man, Man Vs Nature we all learned in English class


Type One: Hero tales. (baddies are defeated by a person or team of people; there may be a rescue)
Examples: Snow White, Sleeping Beauty.

Type Two: Endure tales. (there is no rescue or defeats; any victories are by virtue of surviving beyond the hard times)
Examples: Book of Job, The Hunger Games.

Type Three: Prosperity/Loyalty tales. (battles and rescues are not the point of the story; the aim is to show, for example, that loyalty is valued more than riches)
Examples: Sinuhe the Sailor.

Type Four: ?
Examples: ?

Comments

[detafo.livejournal.com]

The 'trials and tribulations to find love' type? .... or maybe I misunderstood the question... hmm

I see what you're getting at tho :-)

[rodlox.livejournal.com]

on one hand, I'd say that if you win the hand of your Signifigant Other, it would be Type 1. on the other hand, if you go to hell and back (Type 1, aka Orpheus), and all your rivals for your Signifigant Other's affections are dead, then it would be Type 2.

on the other hand, since I don't know how many types there are or could be, maybe Trials and Tribulations would be a type all to themselves.

>I see what you're getting at tho
that's reassuring - I was afraid I wasn't clear enough.

[detafo.livejournal.com]

Trials and tribulations could be like 'princess and the pea maybe?

And what about something like 'the elves and the shoemaker', what would that bbe cclassed as?

[wily-one24.livejournal.com]

Morality tales? Told to impart some bit of wisdom/life lesson.
Eg: Red Riding Hood: don't talk to/trust strangers (even deeper, the dark sexuality of man and the importance of staying 'innocent' and 'pure').

[ye-olde-geek.livejournal.com]

Have you considered the Aarne-Thompson classification system?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarne-Thompson_classification_system