The Folktale
The Folktale

Author: Stith Thompson

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 524

ISBN-13: 9780520033597

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As interest in folklore increases, the folktale acquires greater significance for students and teachers of literature. The material is massive and scattered; thus, few students or teachers have accessibility to other than small segments or singular tales or material they find buried in archives. Stith Thompson has divided his book into four sections which permit both the novice and the teacher to examine oral tradition and its manifestation in folklore. The introductory section discusses the nature and forms of the folktale. A comprehensive second part traces the folktale geographically from Ireland to India, giving culturally diverse examples of the forms presented in the first part. The examples are followed by the analysis of several themes in such tales from North American Indian cultures. The concluding section treats theories of the folktale, the collection and classification of folk narrative, and then analyzes the living folklore process. This work will appeal to students of the sociology of literature, professors of comparative literature, and general readers interested in folklore.

The Folk-Tales of the Kiwai Papuans (Classic Reprint)
The Folk-Tales of the Kiwai Papuans (Classic Reprint)

Author: Gunnar Landtman

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-05-16

Total Pages: 594

ISBN-13: 9780259429753

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Excerpt from The Folk-Tales of the Kiwai Papuans Arthur R. Reade and Miss Charlotte Frietsch have corrected the proofs; to all of whom I feel much indebted. Helsingfors, March 1917. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Myths of the Origin of Fire
Myths of the Origin of Fire

Author: Sir James G. Frazer

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-05-08

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 1136852220

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Sir James G. Frazer (1854-1941) is famous as the author of The Golden Bough, but his work ranged widely across classics, cultural history, folklore and literary criticism as well as anthropology. A Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, for 62 years, Sir James G. Frazer devoted his life to research. This volume was first published in 1930.