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Celtic Folklore

Autor John Rhys
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 noi 2015
John Rhys (1840–1915), the son of a Welsh farmer, studied at Oxford and in Germany, and became the first professor of Celtic languages at Oxford in 1877. His research ranged across the fields of linguistics, history, archaeology, ethnology and religion, and his many publications were instrumental in establishing the field of Celtic studies. This two-volume work, published in 1901, had its beginnings in the late 1870s, when Rhys began collecting Welsh folk tales, several of which appear, with English translations, in Volume 1. Volume 2 analyses recurring Welsh themes, including submerged cities, water spirits and rivers; caves, heroes and treasure; place-names and Arthurian legends. It also considers, in a more global context, topics such as name magic, shape shifting, and the fairy as 'other'. Rhys discusses the difficulties of interpreting folkloric motifs and discovering their origins, and the blurred borders between story and history, myth and superstition.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781108079099
ISBN-10: 1108079091
Pagini: 328
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

7. Triumphs of the water-world; 8. Welsh cave legends; 9. Place-name stories; 10. Difficulties of the folklorist; 11. Folklore philosophy; 12. Race in folklore and myth; Additions and corrections; Index.

Descriere

Published in 1901, this two-volume work sheds light on folklore fieldwork and its difficulties, providing English translations for each text.