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 101
... breasts burst . " In India , we find the same alternation of male and female attributes . According to Thurston ( 1907 : 254 ) : When a new house is being constructed , or a vegetable garden or rice field are in flourishing condition ...
... breasts burst . " In India , we find the same alternation of male and female attributes . According to Thurston ( 1907 : 254 ) : When a new house is being constructed , or a vegetable garden or rice field are in flourishing condition ...
Page 106
... breast - feeding practices and the evil eye . One notion is that an infant allowed to drink freely from both breasts ( rather than from just one ) will grow up to have the evil eye . Another notion is that an infant once weaned who is ...
... breast - feeding practices and the evil eye . One notion is that an infant allowed to drink freely from both breasts ( rather than from just one ) will grow up to have the evil eye . Another notion is that an infant once weaned who is ...
Page 113
... breasts used to ward off the evil eye can also be understood as liquid - bearing sym- bols . The large testes and breasts presumably represent an abundance of semen or milk . ( The overturned pot may suggest that the abun- dance is so ...
... breasts used to ward off the evil eye can also be understood as liquid - bearing sym- bols . The large testes and breasts presumably represent an abundance of semen or milk . ( The overturned pot may suggest that the abun- dance is so ...
Contents
Texture Text and Context | 20 |
The Curious Case of the Widemouth Frog | 62 |
A Folkloristic Reflection of | 69 |
Copyright | |
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