Archetypes and motifs in folklore and literature : a handbook

Archetypes and motifs in folklore and literature : a handbook / Jane Garry and Hasan El-Shamy, editors.

This is an authoritative presentation and discussion of the most basic thematic elements universally found in folklore and literature. The reference provides a detailed analysis of the most common archetypes or motifs found in the folklore of selected communities around the world. Each entry is writ...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Garry, Jane, El-Shamy, Hasan M., 1938-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, ©2005.
Subjects:
Folklore > Classification.
Folk literature > Themes, motives.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
Folk literature > Themes, motives
Folklore
Archetypen.
Motieven (kunst)
Letterkunde.
Volkscultuur.
Archetypus > Motiv > Literatur > Wörterbuch.
Literatur > Motiv > Archetypus > Wörterbuch.
Archetypus > Motiv > Volkskunde > Wörterbuch.
Volkskunde > Motiv > Archetypus > Wörterbuch.
Volkskunde > Motiv > Wörterbuch.
Electronic books.
folk tales.
Folk tales
Classification
Folk tales.
Contes.
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Table of Contents:
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • How to use this book
  • About the editors and contributors
  • Mythological motifs
  • Mythical animals
  • Tabu
  • Magic
  • The dead
  • Marvels
  • Ogres
  • Tests
  • The wise and the foolish
  • Deceptions
  • Reversal of fortune
  • Ordaining the future
  • Chance and fate
  • Society
  • Rewards and punishments
  • Captives and fugitives
  • Unnatural cruelty
  • Sex
  • Nature of life
  • Miscellaneous
  • Index.

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