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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... thought , which is dying out in Europe , but which still exists in many parts of the world . Now , just as the flint ... thoughts . It may be Florida , as Florida was when first discovered ; it may be Zulu- land , or West Africa , or ...
... thought , which is dying out in Europe , but which still exists in many parts of the world . Now , just as the flint ... thoughts . It may be Florida , as Florida was when first discovered ; it may be Zulu- land , or West Africa , or ...
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... surprise us ; the Mexican held much the same belief , accord- ing to Sahagun : — It was thought that if some grains of maize fell on the ground he who saw them lying there was bound to C 2 THE METHOD OF FOLKLORE . 19.
... surprise us ; the Mexican held much the same belief , accord- ing to Sahagun : — It was thought that if some grains of maize fell on the ground he who saw them lying there was bound to C 2 THE METHOD OF FOLKLORE . 19.
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... Both by Greeks and Maoris , Heaven and Earth were thought of as living persons , with human parts and Theog . , 166 . 2 Apollodorus , i . 15 . E passions . Their union was prejudicial to their children , THE MYTH OF CRONUS . 49.
... Both by Greeks and Maoris , Heaven and Earth were thought of as living persons , with human parts and Theog . , 166 . 2 Apollodorus , i . 15 . E passions . Their union was prejudicial to their children , THE MYTH OF CRONUS . 49.
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... thought she had lingered too long among men . They therefore plotted some way of parting her from Puru- ravas . Her covenant with her lord declared that she was never to see him naked . If that compact were broken she would be compelled ...
... thought she had lingered too long among men . They therefore plotted some way of parting her from Puru- ravas . Her covenant with her lord declared that she was never to see him naked . If that compact were broken she would be compelled ...
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... thought decisive , naturally , by lay readers , if an opposite opinion were not held by that other great philologist and comparative mythologist , Adalbert Kuhn . Admitting that the etymology of Urvasi is difficult , ' Mr. Müller ...
... thought decisive , naturally , by lay readers , if an opposite opinion were not held by that other great philologist and comparative mythologist , Adalbert Kuhn . Admitting that the etymology of Urvasi is difficult , ' Mr. Müller ...
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