What are Russian fairytales about?

In this video I talk to you about Russian fairytales, their structure and their historical roots, mostly based on research done by Vladimir Propp. Timecodes: 00:00 Intro 05:25 A little on the history of fairytales 08:22 Plot summaries for The Frog Princess, Morozko, The Crystal mountain, Ivan Tsarevich and the Grey wolf, Vasilisa the Beautiful 16:43 Fairytale structure 21:10 The historical roots of the fairytale 38:04 Morals 41:35 Joseph Campbell & psychoanalytical reading 42:17 Outro