USE OF ANTHROPONYMS IN GERMAN FAIRY TALES

Abstract

This article examines proper names and names in various fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm. Particular attention is paid to characterization, and the theoretical part examines in detail the characters and place in selected fairy tales. The most important point in this article is emotionality. Different words tend to evoke different emotions (for example, happiness, love, fear, anger). For this reason, the author decided to first establish the main study of emotionality in the text. At this stage, it is often surprising that a word that evokes negative emotions can evoke a positive mood. In this case, most often we are talking about a situation where the hero turns into a different form. It is important to be aware that we are exploring characters from another world (the world of fairy tales). These characters don't exist in the real world. This is the world of witches and gnomes. Personal names are also different from real names.