ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on key concepts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. In metaphorical representations of archetypal content in western fairytale, the Tom Thumb image of the child motif appears conjoined with a trickster figure in his adventures prior to reaching the court of King Arthur and is also the ego-hero of 'his' tale. Regarding fairytale as a metaphorical expression of psychic dynamics, in this envisionment the effective anima of this proto-consciousness remains projected onto a 'mother' figure, either the Fairy Queen or, in some versions, the earthly queen. The fairytale manikins, Tom Thumb and Issun-boshi, are each tropically-represented aspects of the 'child' motif as miniature metaphorical child. In taking the form of the swallow and fleeing with 'his' anima, the 'dress' of psychic processes metaphorically represented in the fairytale suggests that the male ego is unable to engage with psychic content relating to male sexuality and aggression and represses all that relates to the 'earthy' maternal sphere.
