Plants and Animals in the Greek Folk Tale: Their relations with humans

In this paper we explore the concept of nature and its relationship with humans within the Greek folk fairy tales.The survey is qualitative and in depth. The fairy tales were examined using the method of qualitative content analysis as well as the text analysis method, following the literary and anthropological approach. Τhe main conclusions of the thesis are as follows:the concept of nature was demonstrated through an undoubtedly rich, quality, educational material, such as the folk, magical fairy tale, while its ecological dimension was demonstrated. Finally, its teaching value was confirmed and extended, while the opportunity for its pedagogical exploitation was demonstrated in a new light.