was searching for “Jung” and a lot of books on fairytale interpretations popped up. i was very confused but it turns out to be a Jungian tradition.
i found it especially interesting that psychologically there’s positive & negative feminine & masculine energy that everyone needs to develop and reconcile with. which in turn manifested in a lot of fairytales starts when the queen dies (positive feminine) and mean step mom (negative feminine) comes to power, and ends when the princess (immature masculine) solves many challenges (negative masculine) and marries a prince (mature masculine)
i was thinking about shang chi with this framework, how his journey of becoming a hero involves defeating his dad (negative masculine energy), and reconnecting with his mom’s heritage & sister (feminine energy). guess valet boy to bus boy to dragon boy is quite an inner journey too