Iron John
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title:
Iron John
text:
"Iron John" is a German fairy tale found in the collections of the Brothers Grimm, tale number 136, about an iron-skinned wild man and a prince. The original German title is Eisenhans, a compound of Eisen "iron" and Hans. It represents Aarne–Thompson type 502, "The wild man as a helper". Most people see the story as a parable about a boy maturing into adulthood. The story also became the basis for the book Iron John: A Book About Men by Robert Bly which spawned the mythopoetic men's movement in
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German fairy tale
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_John
date created:
2004-11-10T19:31:46Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T08:03:19Z
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