In a message dated 97-12-11 02:13:37 EST, you write:
<< Queens in fairy tales are sexual and powerful. And, it seems to me,
invariably evil. A king may be good or bad, but if a queen is present in the
story, she's wicked.
Or is this too sweeping a generalization? Are there fairy tales in which the
queen is good or at least neutral? >>
I can only think of dead queens--like Snow White's mother.
Although now that I think about it, I can't remember a king in a fairy tale
who was
neither evil nor ineffectual.
-- Gayla
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