tailieunhanh - Folklore as an Historical Science

If I have essayed to do in this book what should have been done by one of the masters of the science of folklore--Mr. Frazer, Mr. Lang, Mr. Hartland, Mr. Clodd, Sir John Rhys, and others--I hope it will not be put down to any feelings of self-sufficiency on my part. I have greatly dared because no one of them has accomplished, and I have so acted because I feel the necessity of some guidance in these matters, and more particularly at the present stage of inquiry into the early history of man. I have thought I could give somewhat of that guidance because of. | Folklore as an Historical Science by 1 CHAPTER p I. CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII Folklore as an Historical Science by George Laurence Gomme This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Folklore as an Historical Science Author George Laurence Gomme Release Date June 18 2007 EBook 21852 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FOLKLORE AS AN HISTORICAL SCIENCE Produced by Clare Boothby Sam W. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http Folklore as an Historical Science by 2 FOLKLORE AS AN HISTORICAL SCIENCE BY GEORGE LAURENCE GOMME WITH TWENTY-EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS METHUEN CO. 36 ESSEX STREET . LONDON First Published in 1908 Illustration PEDLAR S SEAT SWAFFHAM CHURCH CONTENTS CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER I. HISTORY AND FOLKLORE pages 1-122 INTRODUCTORY pages 1-13 HISTORY AND LOCAL AND PERSONAL TRADITIONS 13-46 HISTORY AND FOLK-TALES 46-84 TRADITIONAL LAW 84-100 MYTHOLOGY AND TRADITION 100-110 HISTORIANS AND TRADITION 110-120 II. MATERIALS AND METHODS 123-179 TRADITIONAL MATERIAL 123-129 MYTH FOLK-TALE AND LEGEND 129-153 CUSTOM BELIEF AND RITE 154-179 III. PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS 180-207 IV. ANTHROPOLOGICAL CONDITIONS 208-302 PRIMITIVE INFLUENCES 211-238 EARLIEST TYPES OF SOCIAL EXISTENCE 238-261 AUSTRALIAN TOTEM SOCIETY TESTED BY THE EVIDENCE 262-274 TOTEM SURVIVALS IN BRITAIN 274-296 SYNOPSIS OF CULTURE-STRUCTURE OF SEMANGS OF MALAY PENINSULA 297-302 V. SOCIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS 303-319 VI. EUROPEAN CONDITIONS 320-337 VII. ETHNOLOGICAL CONDITIONS 338-366 INDEX 367-371 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE 1. PEDLAR S SEAT SWAFFHAM CHURCH NORFOLK. .