The grateful dead; the history of a folk story

Gordon Hall Gerould

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Jf0lk-i>re FOR COLLECTING AND PRINTING RELICS OF POPULAR &c.ANTIQUITIES, ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR MDCCCLXXVIII. Alter et Idem. PUBLICATIONS OF THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY LX. [1907] THE GRATEFUL DEAD THE HISTORY OF A FOLK STORY BY GORDON HALL GEROULD B. LlTT. (OXON.) PRECEPTOR IN ENGLISH IN PRINCETON UNIVERSITY for the$ttMi*lttb ^olk-^ou gotitty b$ DAVID LONG ACRENUTT, 5759 LONDON 1908 n GLASGOW I PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS BY ROBERT MACLEHOSE AND CO. LTD. TO PROFESSOR A. S, NAPIER IN GRATITUDE AND FRIENDSHIP TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE - -INTRODUCTION ix ' - -A .I. REVIEW i -II. BIBLIOGRAPHY 7 III. TALES WITH THE SIMPLE THEME AND MISCEL- LANEOUS COMBINATIONS 26 IV. THE GRATEFUL DEAD AND THE -POISON MAIDEN 44 V. THEDEAD ANDTHE RANSOMEDWOMAN 76 VI. THE GRATEFUL DEAD AND THE WATER OF LIFE OR KINDRED THEMES 119 VII. THE RELATIONS OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD TO THE SPENDTHRIFT THE Two AND\y KNIGHT, FRIENDS, THE THANKFUL BEASTS7\ 153 VIII. CONCLUSION 162 INDEX 175 INTRODUCTION. THE combination of narrative themes is so afrequent phe- nomenon in folk and formal literature that one almost forgets to .wonder at it. Yet in of fact the reason for it andpoint the which ismeans it are ourby accomplished mysteries past If we could learn how and wherepresent comprehension. tales if we could formulatepopular unite, any general principle of union or we should be well on the to anseverance, way of the riddle which has hitherto baffled allunderstanding students of the diffusion of stories.

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• Folklore

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 18
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 11 Mo

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Jf0lk-i>re
FOR COLLECTING AND PRINTING
RELICS OF POPULAR &c.ANTIQUITIES,
ESTABLISHED IN
THE YEAR MDCCCLXXVIII.
Alter et Idem.
PUBLICATIONS
OF
THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY
LX.
[1907]THE
GRATEFUL DEAD
THE HISTORY OF A FOLK STORY
BY
GORDON HALL GEROULD
B. LlTT. (OXON.)
PRECEPTOR IN ENGLISH IN PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
for the$ttMi*lttb ^olk-^ou gotitty b$
DAVID LONG ACRENUTT, 5759
LONDON
1908n
GLASGOW I PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS
BY ROBERT MACLEHOSE AND CO. LTD.TO
PROFESSOR A. S, NAPIER
IN GRATITUDE AND FRIENDSHIP