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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... milk ) . An infant who gets more milk in this way is likely to become an adult who also attempts to get other forms of material good in this same way , that is , at someone else's expense . Thus he will be an adult with the evil eye , a ...
... milk ) . An infant who gets more milk in this way is likely to become an adult who also attempts to get other forms of material good in this same way , that is , at someone else's expense . Thus he will be an adult with the evil eye , a ...
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... milk " and with a Greek root meaning fashion or make , but Buck remarks that “ in neither case is there a convincing semantic explana- tion . " One wonders if a daughter isn't perceived as a milk - maker ( as opposed to a son who sucks ) ...
... milk " and with a Greek root meaning fashion or make , but Buck remarks that “ in neither case is there a convincing semantic explana- tion . " One wonders if a daughter isn't perceived as a milk - maker ( as opposed to a son who sucks ) ...
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... milk ” is related to it . ) It is certainly curious that in Latin the word for lake is lacus and the word for milk is lac . The floating " chest " might be liter- ally just that , a floating female bosom . ( cf. in French boite and ...
... milk ” is related to it . ) It is certainly curious that in Latin the word for lake is lacus and the word for milk is lac . The floating " chest " might be liter- ally just that , a floating female bosom . ( cf. in French boite and ...
Contents
Texture Text and Context | 20 |
The Curious Case of the Widemouth Frog | 62 |
A Folkloristic Reflection of | 69 |
Copyright | |
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