The Science of Folk-Lore

ISBN-13: 9781138608368 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 344 str.

Alexander Haggerty Krappe

Opis

First published in 1930, this volume aimed to provide an overview of folk-lore through the unrecorded traditions found within popular fiction, custom, belief, magic and ritual, attempting a reconstruction of humanity’s spiritual history through popular rather than elite voices.

Spis treści

1. The Fairy Tale. 2. The Merry Tale. 3. The Animal Tale. 4. The Local Legend. 5. The Migratory Legend. 6. The Prose Saga. 7. The Proverb. 8. The Folk-Song. 9. The Popular Ballad. 10. Charms, Rhymes, Riddles. 11. Superstition. 12. Plant Lore. 13. Animal Lore. 14. Mineral Lore, Star Lore, Cosmogonic Legends. 15. Custom and Ritual. 16. Magic. 17. Folk-Dance and Folk-Drama. 18. Folk-Lore, Myth, and Religion.

O autorze

Alexander Haggerty Krappe