This study argues that the reformational genealogy from Jan Hus to Martin Luther, carried by the goose–swan metaphor, is not merely preserved in narrative form but constituted by it, and that the same form carries a critique of the excluding community. Andersen’s The Ugly Duckling (1843) and the Hus–Luther tradition instantiate one six-phase sequence: iso-lation, trial, latent identity, revelation, recognition, retrospective legitimation. The reading rests on a complete inventory of the lexical markers of exclusion in Hersholt’s translation. The tale depicts violence, ridicule, and exclusion without sexual content; the epithet occurs in three registers, the protagonist’s last. The duck yard is absent from the resolution.

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URN:NBN:SI:doc-QVHOHHH4

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293048323

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10.34291/Edinost/81/01/Blazic

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02.11.2026

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Blažič, Milena, Zollner, Hans (2026). The Fairy-tale form as confessional memory. Edinost in dialog, volume 81, issue 1, str. 1-29. URN:NBN:SI:doc-QVHOHHH4 from http://www.dlib.si

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Blažič, Milena, Zollner, Hans. "The Fairy-tale form as confessional memory." Edinost in dialog volume 81. issue 1 (2026) str. 1-29.
<http://www.dlib.si/?URN=URN:NBN:SI:doc-QVHOHHH4>

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The Fairy-tale form as confessional memory : Andersen’s The Ugly Duckling and the Hus–Luther MetamorphosisPravljična oblika kot konfesionalni spomin : Andersenov Grdi raček in preobrazba Hus–Luther

The Fairy-tale form as confessional memory : Andersen’s The Ugly Duckling and the Hus–Luther Metamorphosis
Pravljična oblika kot konfesionalni spomin : Andersenov Grdi raček in preobrazba Hus–Luther