Aschenputtel: Animism and Ancestor Veneration in Grimms' Cinderella

This is the fifth installment in the European Fairy Tales Series. Each book takes a look at some of the deeper cultural elements found within a different tale from the European fairy tale canon.

This volume explores some of the pagan elements that were preserved within the Brothers Grimm version of Cinderella, and focuses especially on animism and ancestor veneration. The text also explores the hybrid spirituality known as "popular religion," and the enchanted worldview of indigenous Europeans.