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 136
Alan Dundes. The following general statements about the nature of trichotomy may be of interest : ( 1 ) Often three appears to be an absolute limit ; there are three terms or three categories and no more . In folk speech one can give ...
Alan Dundes. The following general statements about the nature of trichotomy may be of interest : ( 1 ) Often three appears to be an absolute limit ; there are three terms or three categories and no more . In folk speech one can give ...
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... interest in diffusion was heavily influenced by German ethnologists , some of whom saw the wide distribution of the bull- roarer as evidence for an extremely old layer of human culture ( cf. Hauer 1923 : 162 : Bormida 1952 ) . Part of ...
... interest in diffusion was heavily influenced by German ethnologists , some of whom saw the wide distribution of the bull- roarer as evidence for an extremely old layer of human culture ( cf. Hauer 1923 : 162 : Bormida 1952 ) . Part of ...
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... interest that in perhaps the best - known Greek version , Kronos castrates Uranos as he approaches his consort Gaia . The castration of the father by the son would , like the virgin birth , be an ultimate expression of the son's ...
... interest that in perhaps the best - known Greek version , Kronos castrates Uranos as he approaches his consort Gaia . The castration of the father by the son would , like the virgin birth , be an ultimate expression of the son's ...
Contents
Texture Text and Context | 20 |
The Curious Case of the Widemouth Frog | 62 |
A Folkloristic Reflection of | 69 |
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