Folklore & Mythology 88

Legions of bluegrass fans know the name Otto Wood (1893–1930) from a ballad made popular by Doc Watson, telling the story of Wood’s crimes and violent death. However, few know the history of this Ap……続きを見る

Timaeus is one of Plato's dialogues, mostly in the form of a long monologue given by the title character. The work puts forward speculation on the nature of the physical world and human beings. It i……続きを見る

Timaeus is one of Plato's dialogues, mostly in the form of a long monologue given by the title character. The work puts forward speculation on the nature of the physical world and human beings. It i……続きを見る

Grab a stake, a fistful of garlic, a crucifix and holy water as you enter the dark, blood-curdling world of the original pain in the neck in this ultimate collection of vampire facts, fangs, and fic……続きを見る

Karagiozisーa form of comic folk drama employing stock puppet figuresーwas immensely popular in Greece until recent years, when newer forms of entertainment have virtually eclipsed it. Derived from ……続きを見る

David Icke was a footballer, television presenter, Green politician and then a famous and popular writer on alternative views on world history, society and how the world works. He has a view that th……続きを見る

According to the scant historical records available, Uncle Bud Long, his daughter Janey, and her son Frankie lived near Clark's Landing, Kentucky, for about twenty years early in this century. Mr. C……続きを見る

Ai tempi di Pitrè, il fondatore della scienza del folklore, la Savi-Lopez raccoglieva e riscriveva racconti popolari: un affollarsi di anime, spiriti, demoni, gnomi, folletti. «Nani e folletti - scr……続きを見る

For centuries, Virginians have told, retold and embellished wonderful stories of their history. Legends such as the "wild Spanish ponies" of Chincoteague, General Braddock's lost gold, the Mount Ver……続きを見る

Archaeologists have been investigating the ruins of Poverty Point for decades, piecing together a fascinating picture of a 3,500-year-old hunter-gatherer way of life. But Poverty Point is more than ……続きを見る

A spellbinding new book by the much-acclaimed writer, a journey to South Africa in search of the lost people called the /Xam - a haunting book about the brutality of colonial frontiers and the fate ……続きを見る

Winner of the 2022 Opie Prize Jeanne Pitre Soileau vividly presents children’s voices in What the Children Said: Child Lore of South Louisiana. Including over six hundred handclaps, chants, jokes, j……続きを見る

Florida is blessed with a semitropical climate, beautiful inland areas, and over a thousand miles of warm seas and sandy beaches. And Floridians are every bit as colorful and diverse as the tropical……続きを見る

In the early years of this century, miners from nearly every country in Europe and Asia Minor migrated to West Virginia to seek employment in its great collieries. With them they brought many folkta……続きを見る

Tristram Potter Coffin’s The British Traditional Ballad in North America, published in 1950, became recognized as the standard reference to the published material on the Child ballad in North Americ……続きを見る

Eeny, meeny, figgledy, fig. Delia, dolia, dominig, Ozy, pozy doma-nozy, Tee, tau, tut, Uggeldy, buggedy, boo! Out goes you. (no. 129) You can stand, And you can sit, But, if you play, You must be it……続きを見る

The essays in Folklore Genres represent development in folklore genre studies, diverging into literary, ethnographic, and taxonomic questions. The study as a whole is concerned with the concept of g……続きを見る

Performing Environmentalisms examines the existential challenge of the twenty-first century: improving the prospects for maintaining life on our planet. The contributors focus on the strategic use o……続きを見る

Part-goat, part-man, Pan bridges the divide between the human and animal worlds. In exquisite prose, Paul Robichaud explores how Pan has been imagined in mythology, art, literature, music, spiritual……続きを見る

The women in India's great epics compare favourably with the men Draupadi, the princess with five husbands and a fiery temperament; Uloopi, who abducted the mighty warrior Arjuna; Satyabhama, who fo……続きを見る

Winner of the 2021 Stanford M. Lyman Distinguished Book Award from Mid-South Sociological Association All regions and places are unique in their own way, but the Ozarks have an enduring place in Ame……続きを見る

Most mythology books are boring. A Book of Myths is an attempt to solve this problem by telling the stories of mythology in such a way as to make them a genuine source of enjoyment. Intended for rea……続きを見る

Cantabria es sobrenatural. Sobrenatural en muchos aspectos. Sobrenatural por su tierra, sus paisajes, sus pueblos. Sobrenatural por su historia, que se hunde en el pozo de los tiempos y que ha dado ……続きを見る

"Ingenious, consistently taut and witty" TLS Strange, elliptical, charming" Guardian Set in contemporary Angola, this novel is populated with characters whose victories never quite settle. Like any ……続きを見る

La volpe è protagonista indiscussa del folclore giapponese. A volte è una creatura maligna che assume le sembianze di un’incantevole fanciulla per stregare gli uomini e distruggerli; altre volte è i……続きを見る

Pochi studiosi hanno saputo ampliare la prospettiva di ricerca sull’universo mitologico come Joseph Campbell. Nei suoi saggi, il mito è un mosaico composto da tessere di molti colori, e necessita di……続きを見る

La storia dell'Europa moderna è attraversata da leggende radicate nella tradizione e nella religione. Una di quelle più intriganti ha per protagonista l'Ordine dei Rosacroce, legato ai Templari e, p……続きを見る

Il mito è da sempre oggetto di analisi da parte di storici, filosofi, antropologi, sociologi, che ne hanno proposte le interpretazioni più disparate, riconfermandone però sempre l’importanza nell’am……続きを見る

La città di Rama è rimasta sepolta per secoli nelle pieghe della storia finché, negli anni ’70 del secolo scorso, seguendo il filo di una leggenda il ricercatore indipendente Giancarlo Barbadoro l’h……続きを見る

Dopo il successo planetario dei libri di Dan Brown e dei film che ne sono stati tratti, i «miti» massonici riscuotono un grande interesse. Vi si sono avventati divulgatori (televisivi e cartacei) di……続きを見る