Jack Zipes
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Oct 22, 2026
Claudia SchwabeGUEST
And it's a wonderful little story.
Claudia SchwabeGUEST
And I found out recently that the boy in the story was actually Jack Zipes, one of the top fairy tale experts in North America.
Claudia SchwabeGUEST
So I love this story.
Tom WilliamsHOST
So Einstein, I guess he I don't know what was going on there.
ChrisHOST
But the field has largely not followed Ellis in this main charge.
ChrisHOST
The American fairy tale scholar Jack Zipes reviews the book in 1985 in the journal Children's Literature under a title that sums up the position nicely, Mountains Out of Molehills.
ChrisHOST
The objection most scholars raise goes like this.
ChrisHOST
The Grimms didn't hide their editing.
Suzannah LipscombHOST
So let's look at where our fairytales truly originated.
Suzannah LipscombHOST
What was lost or intentionally hidden along the way? Today, I'm joined by Jack Zipes, professor emeritus in the Department of German, Nordic, Slavic, and Dutch at the University of Minnesota.
Suzannah LipscombHOST
He is the preeminent multi-award-winning scholar of fairytales and folklore, including the political and cultural significance of the Brothers Grimm's tales.
Suzannah LipscombHOST
He has authored and co-authored and edited scores of books, including The Great Fairytale Tradition: From Straparola to Basile to the Brothers Grimm and Buried Treasures: The Power of Political Fairytales.
Jerry CoatsHOST
Like I said, foundational if you're interested in folk literature or fairy literature.
Jerry CoatsHOST
And there's a guy named Jack Zipes, Z-I-P-E-S, and this is, uh, Fairytales and the Art of Subversion.
Angela McDowellHOST
Oh.
Jerry CoatsHOST
So yeah, how do fairytales attack cultural norms?
Jerry CoatsHOST
I have The Oxford Companion to Fairytales, which is really good because it gives you, like, like, if you ever wanna look up something, it's in here.
Angela McDowellHOST
Okay.
Jerry CoatsHOST
And this is edited by our friend Jack Zipes.
Angela McDowellHOST
Of course.
Kelsey HorneHOST
So anyway, [laughs] The Robber Bridegroom.
Kelsey HorneHOST
I am reading this from the original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, translated by Jack Zipes, our hero, our angel.
Abbie LammelHOST
Our hero.
Kelsey HorneHOST
When is he gonna come on the show? Jack, come on.
Danny FingerothGUEST
Yeah.
Zale MednickHOST
His name's Jack Zipes and he's one of the, the leading figures in fairy tales, and he's written so many books on them.
Zale MednickHOST
And we were talking about fairy tales and Disney, and he said to me, "If you watch a Disney movie, every single one, even the ones that seem kinda more progressive or whatever, like Frozen, it's the exact same formula.
Zale MednickHOST
The characters are doing the exact same things.