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“Three Little Pigs”: Third Time’s a Charm
Lecture no. 16 from the course: A Children's Guide to Folklore and Wonder Tales
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Taught by Professor Hannah B. Harvey | 34 min
Dr. Harvey looks at the power of numbers in folktales, specifically the magic of three and seven (three pigs, seven dwarves), citing Orion and his three-starred belt who chases the seven Pleiades sisters. She notes how even the story formats are broken into threes: Beginning, Middle, and End. She shares the stories of “The Three Little Goslings” (the Italian version of the German “Three Little Pigs”) and “The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs,” which is also a Grimm story from Germany.
24 Lectures
1
“Sleeping Beauty”: Once Upon a Time
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of 33 min
2
“Beauty and the Beast” I: The Sleeping Prince
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of 29 min
3
“Beauty and the Beast” II: Being Brave
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of 35 min
4
“The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”: Transformations
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of 29 min
5
“Cinderella” I: If the Shoe Fits
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of 35 min
6
“Cinderella” II: Baba Yaga and Goddesses
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of 35 min
7
“Cinderella” III: The Mooing Godmother
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of 27 min
8
“The Brave Little Tailor”: Giants!
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of 30 min
9
“Jack and the Beanstalk”: Archetypes
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of 33 min
10
“Hansel and Gretel”: Ogres
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of 31 min
11
“Rumplestiltzkin”: Naming Our Fears
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of 33 min
12
Tom Thumb and Thumbelina: Little Heroes
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of 30 min
13
“Emperor’s New Clothes”: Looks Can Deceive
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of 31 min
14
“Town Musicians of Bremen”: Unwanted Animals
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of 30 min
15
“Puss in Boots” and “The Frog Prince”: Fitting In
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of 30 min
16
“Three Little Pigs”: Third Time’s a Charm
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of 34 min
17
“The Little Red Hen”: Formula Tales
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of 30 min
18
“How the Camel Got His Hump”: Pourquoi Tales
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of 26 min
19
Lions and Tigers and Bears: Fables
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of 31 min
20
“Snow White”: Beauty and Handsomeness
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of 31 min
21
“Rapunzel”: Maiden/Mother/Crone
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of 30 min
22
King Arthur and Winnie the Pooh: Heroic Quests
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of 32 min
23
American Tall Tales and Folk Songs
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of 31 min
24
Happily Ever After: How Our Stories End
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of 37 min
