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See also Intermediate state, To die and go to heaven
Description of this motif: Transformation is a core concept of Johan de Mylius' understanding of both the life and the ouevre of Hans Christian Andersen, cf. among others the book Forvandlingens pris ('The Price of Transformation', 2004). The concept does not only refer to a theme, but also to the aesthetics, in Mylius' book. The existential-religious categori transformation takes place in the moment of death, both crucial concepts in Mylius' view on the oeuvre. The concepts are elaborated in an earlier article: The Moment – a Structure of Mind and World in Hans Christian Andersen's Poetic Writings.
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 Little Mermaid (1837)
- 1 Tenth Evening (1839)
- 1 The Story of a Mother (1847)
- 1 The Flax (1848)
- 1 The Phoenix Bird (1850)
- 1 On Judgment Day (1852)
- 1 Under The Willow Tree (1852)
- 4 The Marsh King's Daughter (1858)
- 1 The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf (1859)
- 1 The Bird of Folklore (1864)
- 1 The Windmill (1865)