Religious motifs : Overview. Search. About religious motifs
See also Hymn book, hymnal
Keywords:
Song, church
Description of this motif:
Psalms are religious songs. A remarkable example of the motif in the fairy tales and stories of Hans Christian Andersen is At the Uttermost Parts of the Sea. The title is a quote from psalm 139 of the bible's book of Psalms, a psalm by David.
Overview
The tales are sorted by year. The leading numbers refer to the number of occurrences of the motif in the respective texts.
- 1 Little Claus and Big Claus (1835)
- 2 The Traveling Companion (1835)
- 1 The Wild Swans (1838)
- 3 The Snow Queen (1844)
- 2 The Red Shoes (1845)
- 1 The Bell (1845)
- 1 Grandmother (1845)
- 1 The Neighboring Families (1847)
- 1 The Shadow (1847)
- 1 The Old House (1847)
- 1 A Story (1851)
- 1 At the Uttermost Parts of the Sea (1854)
- 2 The Jewish Girl (1855)
- 1 A String of Pearls (1856)
- 1 The Nightcap of the "Pebersvend" (1858)
- 1 The Old Oak Tree's Last Dream (1858)
- 1 The Marsh King's Daughter (1858)
- 1 The Wind Tells about Valdemar Daae and His Daughters (1859)
- 1 The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf (1859)
- 4 A Story from the Sand Dunes (1859)
- 1 Twelve by the Mail (1861)
- 1 The Old Church Bell (1861)
- 1 The Porter's Son (1866)
- 2 Godfather's Picture Book (1868)
- 1 The Comet (1869)
- 1 Danish Popular Legends (1870)
- 4 What Old Johanne Told (1872)
- 1 The Cripple (1872)
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