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Description of this motif: God's mercy is, like Luther argued, in Andersen's oeuvre only effective, if it is received in faith. It is indeed only given to those, who believe and are humble.
Overview
The tales are sorted by year. The leading numbers refer to the number of occurrences of the motif in the respective texts.
- 1 The Red Shoes (1845)
- 3 A Story (1851)
- 1 On Judgment Day (1852)
- 1 The Jewish Girl (1855)
- 1 Something (1858)
- 2 The Marsh King's Daughter (1858)
- 3 The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf (1859)
- 1 Anne Lisbeth (1859)
- 1 A Story from the Sand Dunes (1859)
- 2 The Psyche (1861)
- 1 What the Whole Family Said (1870)
- 1 What Old Johanne Told (1872)
- 1 Folks Say - (1949)
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