Os contos de fada e o sagrado

uma abordagem para a educação infantil

Abstract

The article establishes dialogues among different approaches about the theme of fairy tale, which the objective is to demonstrate the connection of this point of view with the human and humanizing aspects carried by this genre, such as the language itself and the ancestral archetypal images. It allows us toaffirm the fairy tale as sacred, as wellas a symbolic imagery. In order to provide that, bibliographic researchwas established correlating and approximating some philosophical, psychological and anthroposophical points of view about narratives and narration in early childhood education,enlarging the view of story telling educators regarding their own relationship with authentic fairy talesand how to transmit them to young children in full development process. It can be seen that, from several references, the importance of fairy tales as a psychic nutrient in the scopeof analytical psychology is verified, as wellas soul nourishment in the anthroposophical context, capable of nourishing each and every human being,becoming essential as well as mother’s milk for the child in early childhood. The significant role of the story teller-educatorin creating bonds with children and supporting their development was also highlighted, from the choice of the storyto be narrated, through the innercultivation of the images contained in the chosen tale, during the preparation ofthe environment, until the telling itself, which must be told from heart to heartas a sacred gift delivered in a ritualistic way.