Folklore, Volume 10Joseph Jacobs, Alfred Trübner Nutt, Arthur Robinson Wright, William Crooke Folklore Society, 1899 - Electronic journals Most vols. for 1890- contain list of members of the Folk-lore Society. |
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ALFRED NUTT ancient Andrew Lang animals Anthropological Institute Australian Baiame ballad Benign-face boys Bronze Age brother Bunjil Byamee called cattle Celts ceremonies charm child Christian Christmas civilisation custom or belief Daramulun deity divine elements Eriskay evidence Evil Eye fact Father Father Christmas fire folklore gods Gomme grizzly Hartland hero holy Howitt human ideas Indian Izanagi Kalevala kill Kojiki Kurnai Legends literature magic Mang'anja Marillier missionary mother myth native night Nutt old gray noddle origin present race religion religious river saints savage Shinto Society song spirit story Susa theory things tion told totem tribal tribe Turkish Knight Tylor Väinämöinen variant W. H. D. ROUSE wife wizard woman women word ἀπὸ διὰ εἶνε εἰς καὶ καὶ νὰ μὲ νὰ τὰ τὴ τὴν τῆς τὸ τὸν τοῦ
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