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293 - Pricked by a Spindle - Symbolism in Sleeping Beauty

The Symbolic World

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The Spindle and the Witch

The spindle is what gathers the string around it. So the spindle is a vector of unity. The witch is not invited to the party. And so because of that, she basically tells sleeping beauty or tell the king that his daughter is going to prick herself on this unity. She's saying she will live with the negative consequences of masculinity.

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