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Church, death
Description of this motif: Graveyards are a frequently present location in Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales. The motif is usually not remarkably described in any way; Focus is, as one might expect, on graves, the dead, sorrow, devotion and faith. One unusual, "Gothic" romantic example is the tale about the "The Child in the Grave", in which a grieving mother goes underground at the graveyard in her longing for her late child.
Overview
The tales are sorted by year. The leading numbers refer to the number of occurrences of the motif in the respective texts.
- 2 Dødningen (Danish title) (1830)
- 1 The Galoshes of Fortune (1838)
- 2 The Wild Swans (1838)
- 1 Sixteenth Evening (1839)
- 1 Nineteenth Evening (1839)
- 1 The Nightingale (1843)
- 1 The Red Shoes (1845)
- 1 Grandmother (1845)
- 2 The Old Tombstone (1852)
- 2 A Good Humor (1852)
- 1 Under The Willow Tree (1852)
- 1 She Was Good for Nothing (1852)
- 1 Ib and Little Christine (1855)
- 1 The Jewish Girl (1855)
- 1 A String of Pearls (1856)
- 1 Anne Lisbeth (1859)
- 2 The Child in the Grave (1859)
- 5 A Story from the Sand Dunes (1859)
- 1 The Old Church Bell (1861)
- 1 Danish Popular Legends (1870)
- 1 The Gate Key (1872)