Prince Charmings are a modern invention. Before Grimm, Perrault, Andersen, Walt Disney… adapted these fairy tales, girls fought against dragons, old women saved young men, Isolde managed herself without Tristan, princesses …
Before these tales were adapted to a defined moral, the tradition was more plural and irreverent. More fun, in fact.
And it wasn’t excluding, on the opposite: In these tales, being a man is more relaxed.
E nada excluínte, ó contrario: Nestes contos, ser home, é máis descansado
Pódese chegar a elas polas Deputacións de Pontevedra e da Coruña, e tamén polo programa “Ler conta Moito” da Xunta, ou comigo directamente.