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 118
As early as 1913 , Reiter suggested that the eye of Polyphemus represented the father's phallus and that Odysseus's blinding of Cyclops represented a son's castration of his father ( cf. Glenn 1978 : 151-52 ) .
As early as 1913 , Reiter suggested that the eye of Polyphemus represented the father's phallus and that Odysseus's blinding of Cyclops represented a son's castration of his father ( cf. Glenn 1978 : 151-52 ) .
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The horseshoe and crescent moon — charms of both shapes are used to ward off the evil eye - could represent the female genitals . The symbolic equation of eye and female genitals is substantiated by a well - known pretended obscene ...
The horseshoe and crescent moon — charms of both shapes are used to ward off the evil eye - could represent the female genitals . The symbolic equation of eye and female genitals is substantiated by a well - known pretended obscene ...
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Then as part of the initiation , several nude youths plastered with mud represent the mythical animal . Note that since the bullroarers originally represented the animal and the youths plastered with mud represent the same , then in ...
Then as part of the initiation , several nude youths plastered with mud represent the mythical animal . Note that since the bullroarers originally represented the animal and the youths plastered with mud represent the same , then in ...
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Contents
The Curious Case of the Widemouth Frog | 62 |
A Folkloristic Reflection of | 69 |
Seeing Is Believing | 86 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Interpreting Folklore |
| Author | Alan Dundes |
| Edition | 2, illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press, 1980 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 22 Jul 2008 |
| ISBN | 0253143071, 9780253143075 |
| Length | 304 pages |
| Subjects | › Social Science / Folklore & Mythology |
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