THE TWINS IN THE FAIRY TALE SUN, MOON AND TALIA BY GIAMBATTISTA BASILE
THE TWINS IN THE FAIRY TALE SUN, MOON AND TALIA BY GIAMBATTISTA BASILE

Summary/Abstract: Through this study we want to present the opposite elements from the fairy tale Sun, moon and Talia by Giambattista Basile. This fairy tale with a strong dark character is another form of the well-known fairy tale Sleeping beauty. We will focus on the birth of the two stars after a rape. The pair of twins are in the womb of Tellus Mater, they are the total being who has the ability to wake their mother from the creative sleep. The palace in which they live, is trapped between heaven and earth, and the forest which is a symbol of unconscious, is the one that interpose between them and the others. We will make some associations with mythology and alchemy. In mythology, the Sun mostly belongs to the male element, and the Moon to the female element. In contrast, to the semitic people, the Moon is masculine. In alchemy, the two stars form the hierogamy, a sacred wedding from which results to filius hermaphrodites, Hermes psychopomp.

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