The Science of Fairy Tales: An Inquiry Into Fairy Mythology (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Hartland, Edwin Sidney

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1440085943 ISBN 13: 9781440085949

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2016

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A portion of the book incorporates the substance of some articles which I contributed to The Archaeological Review and folk-lore. But these have been to a considerable extent re-written; and it is hoped that in the process wider and more accurate generalizations have been attained.

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Fairy superstitions of the Celtic and Teutonic peoples. Some of the subjects discussed have already been dealt with by more competent inquirers. But even in these cases I have sometimes been able to supply additional illustrations of the conclusions previously arrived at, and occasionally, I hope, to carry the argument a step or two further than had been done before. I have thus tried to render the following pages not wholly valueless to students. A portion of the book incorporates the substance of some articles which I contributed to uT he Archaeological Review andF olk-L ore. But these have been to a considerable extent re-written ;and it is hoped that in the process wider and more accurate generalizations have been attained. My hearty thanks are due to the various friends whose generous assistance has been recorded in the footnotes, and especially toP rofessor Dr. George Stephens, the veteran antiquary of theN orth, and Mr. W. G. Fretton, who have not measured their pains on behalf of one whose only claim on them was a common desire to pry into the recesses of the past. I am.
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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1440085943
• ISBN 13: 9781440085949
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 404