This article presents the history of the ‘Lion King’ fable through Western literature, from Aesop and up to the Disney version, with specific regard to its contaminations with the ‘sick lion’ motif and its transmission in the Medieval corpora of fables in Latin and vernacular.

The Lion King. History of a Fable / Mordeglia, Caterina. - STAMPA. - 195:(2022), pp. 203-230.

The Lion King. History of a Fable

Caterina Mordeglia
2022-01-01

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This article presents the history of the ‘Lion King’ fable through Western literature, from Aesop and up to the Disney version, with specific regard to its contaminations with the ‘sick lion’ motif and its transmission in the Medieval corpora of fables in Latin and vernacular.
2022
Ancient Fables – Sour Grapes? New Approaches
Hildesheim; Zurich; New York
Georg Olms
978-3-487-16312-3
Mordeglia, Caterina
The Lion King. History of a Fable / Mordeglia, Caterina. - STAMPA. - 195:(2022), pp. 203-230.
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