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Without going too deeply into the question of terminology, the Catalan encantats<\/em> are roughly equivalent to what English calls \u201cfairies\u201d, a word that has become an umbrella term for a multitude of more or less comparable beings found throughout European folklore, despite the considerable differences and rich nuances that distinguish them. In Catalonia, the word fada<\/em> \u2014\u201cfairy\u201d\u2014 came into widespread use mainly during the nineteenth century, at first in literary circles, before cinema and mass culture gradually carried it into popular usage.<\/span><\/p>\n

Enigmatic beings and embodiments of mystery, they have sometimes been interpreted by anthropologists such as the Hungarian \u00c9va P\u00f3cs as figures connected with the dead, fate and the ancestors. The fairy world encompasses an extraordinary variety of shifting and ambivalent characters: water women and maidens with golden combs; demon children \u2014the changelings<\/em> of English-language tradition\u2014; supernatural beings who seek the aid of a midwife; or others who abduct a young man and reward him with deceptive gold that turns to bran at dawn. Here you will find legends of encantats<\/em> \u2014or fairies\u2014 from Catalonia and throughout the Indo-European cultural world, where such beings hold a particularly prominent place.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner]

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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tThe Two Kings\u2019 Children (ATU 313) \u2014 Fairy Tales II\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Brothers Grimm\u2019s version of ATU 313, with the complete tale and an analysis of the magical maiden, impossible tasks, magic flight and forgotten bride.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tBlancaflor and the Magic Flight (ATU 313) \u2014 Fairy Tales I\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBlancaflor is a Catalan folktale of type ATU 313, The Magic Flight, collected by Francesc Maspons i Labr\u00f3s. Read the complete tale and an analysis of its motifs, variants and meanings.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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