Oscar Wilde (1.854-1.900) wrote two collections of fairy tales for his sons. One of these was "The Fisherman and his Soul".
The tale is about a Young fisherman that one day catches a Little mermaid in his net. The fisherman fell in love with the mermaid, and he wanted to marry her. But he had a problem: he had to send his soul awaqy to marry the little mermaid.
The fisherman went to visit a witch to solve his problem. She told him the secret. From this moment, the Soul appears as second major carácter in the story.
The soul traveled and she found wisdom, riches, but it also did bad things. The sound offered all that to the fisherman. But the fisherman prefered the love of the mermaid. So the soul came back to the fisherman's body.
After that, the little mermaid and the fisherman (with his soul) were killed by the sea. The church priest ordered to bury both of them in the corner of "The Field of Fullers". Three years later the priest saw some strange flowers on the altar which came from the "Field of the Fullers". The next morning he blessed the sea, and all the wild things in it. But the people of the sea went to another part of the sea, and they never came back,
This story can be recommended to all publics, and proposes different topics. Undoubtedly the main theme is that love is more important tan anything else. But there are more things (or ideas).
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