Custom and MythLongmans, Green, and Company, 1893 - 312 pages 1885. While best known for his translations of classical literature and as a collector of folk and fairy tales, Lang also wrote poetry, biographies, histories, novels, literary criticisms and even children's books. Lang was one of the first to apply anthropological findings to the study of myth and folklore. His versatility was also shown in his valuable works on folklore and on primitive religion. The earliest of these works was Custom and Myth. Contents: The Method of Folklore; the Bull-Roarer; The Myth of Cronus; Cupid, Psyche, and the Sun-Frog; A Far-Travelled Tale; Apollo and the Mouse; Star Myths; Moly and Mandragora; The Kalevala; The Divining Rod; Hottentot Mythology; Fetichism and the Infinite; The Early History of the Family; and The Art of Savages. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. |
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... tales , the same incident in the same sequence of plot , might arise simul- taneously in savage imaginations in all parts of the world . In Custom and Myth it will be plain that I say nothing of the sort . The Far - Travelled Tale ' is ...
... tales , the same incident in the same sequence of plot , might arise simul- taneously in savage imaginations in all parts of the world . In Custom and Myth it will be plain that I say nothing of the sort . The Far - Travelled Tale ' is ...
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... tale in lands which . have never been in communication with each other . I am unable to conjecture why Mr. Jacobs , M. Cosquin , and probably other critics , regard me as maintaining that all similar tales in all countries have been ...
... tale in lands which . have never been in communication with each other . I am unable to conjecture why Mr. Jacobs , M. Cosquin , and probably other critics , regard me as maintaining that all similar tales in all countries have been ...
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... TALE APOLLO AND THE MOUSE . 45 64 87 103 STAR MYTHS . 121 MOLY AND MANDRAGORA · 143 THE KALEVALA ' . 156 THE DIVINING ROD . 180 HOTTENTOT MYTHOLOGY 197 FETICHISM AND THE INFINITE 212 THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE FAMILY . 245 THE ART OF ...
... TALE APOLLO AND THE MOUSE . 45 64 87 103 STAR MYTHS . 121 MOLY AND MANDRAGORA · 143 THE KALEVALA ' . 156 THE DIVINING ROD . 180 HOTTENTOT MYTHOLOGY 197 FETICHISM AND THE INFINITE 212 THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE FAMILY . 245 THE ART OF ...
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... Tale , ' and ' Cupid and Psyche . ' Why , then , do distinguished scholars and mythologists reach such different goals ? Clearly because their method is so precarious . They all analyse the names in myths ; 1 but , where one scholar ...
... Tale , ' and ' Cupid and Psyche . ' Why , then , do distinguished scholars and mythologists reach such different goals ? Clearly because their method is so precarious . They all analyse the names in myths ; 1 but , where one scholar ...
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... Tales , at first told of Somebody , ' get new names attached to them , and obtain a new local habitation , wherever they wander . ' One of the " 2 Sprachvergleichung und Urgeschichte , p . 431 . C leading personages to be met in the ...
... Tales , at first told of Somebody , ' get new names attached to them , and obtain a new local habitation , wherever they wander . ' One of the " 2 Sprachvergleichung und Urgeschichte , p . 431 . C leading personages to be met in the ...
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