What other stories or traditions might have a function similar to that of fairy tales, and what effects do they have on psychological development?

Read the stanza from “deliverance from another sore fit.” “thou knowest the sorrows that i felt; my plaints and groans were heard of thee, and how in sweat i seemed to melt thou 'st and thou regardest me.” what does the word regardest suggest about the speaker’s attitude toward god?