The Poetry and Meaning of Fairy Tales

The Poetry and Meaning of Fairy Tales Two lectures by Rudolf Steiner Berlin, February 6, 1913 and December 26, 1908 MERCURY PRESS Spring Valley, New York This Mercury Press edition of The Poetry and Meaning of Fairy Tales was prepared and edited by Ruth Pusch. The February 6, 1913 lecture was translated from the original German by Ruth Pusch; the December 1908 lecture was revised by her from an earlier edition published by the Anthroposophic Press, NY, and Rudolf Steiner Publications, London, in 1942. The two lectures appear in the German as Märchendichtungen im Lichte der Geistesforschung published by Verlag der Rudolf Steiner-Nachlassverwaltung, Dornach/Switzerland, 1960. Cover by Kitsie McHenry. Copyright © 1989 by Mercury Press. ISBN 0-929979-05-2 Printed and published in the USA by: MERCURY PRESS Fellowship Community 241 Hungry Hollow Road Spring Valley, NY 10977