What are Russian fairytales about?

In this video I talk to you about Russian fairytales, their structure and their historical roots, mostly based on research done by Vladimir Propp.

Timecodes:
00:00 Intro
05:25 A little on the history of fairytales
08:22 Plot summaries for The Frog Princess, Morozko, The Crystal mountain, Ivan Tsarevich and the Grey wolf, Vasilisa the Beautiful
16:43 Fairytale structure
21:10 The historical roots of the fairytale
38:04 Morals
41:35 Joseph Campbell & psychoanalytical reading
42:17 Outro