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Thread #137068   Message #3267578
Posted By: MorwenEdhelwen1
02-Dec-11 - 08:00 PM
Thread Name: BS: CapriUni's blog: disability in folktales
Subject: RE: BS: CapriUni's blog: disability in folktales
There's also the Grimms' "Our Lady's Child" where the titular character is a woodcutter's daughter raised by the Virgin Mary, and is made mute for looking inside a room where the Trinity is hidden. That could be another one about disability as a punishment for sin; in order to be "cured", the person must confess their sin, and muteness is a punishment for sin.