Interpreting Folklore..". Dundes has produced a work which will be useful to both students and teachers who wish to broaden their understanding of modern folklore." -- Center for Southern Folklore Magazine "It is impossible ever to remain unimpressed with [Dundes'] excursuses, however much one may be in disagreement (or not) with his conclusions." -- Forum for Modern Language Studies Often controversial, Alan Dundes's scholarship is always provocative, perceptive, and intelligent. His concern here is to assess the material folklorists have so painstakingly amassed and classified, to interpret folklore, and to use folklore to increase our understanding of human nature and culture. |
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Page 56
... animal . The animals are caged and kept in check , just as man's own animal nature is supposed to be . Yet there is always the possibility , the danger , or the risk , one could call it , that the animal will escape the bonds of man or ...
... animal . The animals are caged and kept in check , just as man's own animal nature is supposed to be . Yet there is always the possibility , the danger , or the risk , one could call it , that the animal will escape the bonds of man or ...
Page 64
... animals in the zoo who reside in cages . One might go so far as to argue that there is symbolic or iconic phonological ... animal visited that he is a wide - mouth frog , suggesting that he is proud of his identity . ) The irony is that ...
... animals in the zoo who reside in cages . One might go so far as to argue that there is symbolic or iconic phonological ... animal visited that he is a wide - mouth frog , suggesting that he is proud of his identity . ) The irony is that ...
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... animal nurse incident in the hero pattern . It is true that no animal participates in the actual nursing of Jesus , but the later iconographic tradition of having an ox and ass watching over the infant Jesus ( cf. Ziegler ) might ...
... animal nurse incident in the hero pattern . It is true that no animal participates in the actual nursing of Jesus , but the later iconographic tradition of having an ox and ass watching over the infant Jesus ( cf. Ziegler ) might ...
Contents
Texture Text and Context | 20 |
The Curious Case of the Widemouth Frog | 62 |
A Folkloristic Reflection of | 69 |
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