>Or is this too sweeping a generalization? Are there fairy tales in which the
>queen is good or at least neutral?
How about Isolde/Iseult? Does this qualify as "fairy tale?" I would
say that Isolde the elder (mother) was not evil, perhaps even possitive.
It is her love potion (that she intended to positively help her
daughter and her future husband) that causes the problems, but only
because SOME ONE ELSE mistakenly/carelessly goes against the queen's
advice and give it to Isolde (younger) and Tristan (instead of Mark).
misha
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