Anthropology, folklore, and myth. edited with introductions by Robert A. Segal

• Author: Segal, Robert Alan (1948-...)
• Subjects: Folk literature -- History and criticism;
  Mythology -- History;
  Anthropology;
  Mythologie comparée;
  Folklore -- Histoire et critique
• Description: Includes bibliographical references.
  The forms of folklore: prose narratives / William Bascom Myth / Ruth Benedict Introduction to Zuni mythology / Ruth Benedict The concept of myth and the problem of psychocultural evolution / David Bidney Mythology and folklore / Franz Boas Lord Raglan's hero, a cross cultural critique / Victor Cook Folklore and myth / H.R. Ellis Davidson The eclipse of solar mythology / Richard M. Dorson Lévy-Bruhl's theory of primitive mentality / E.E. Evans-Pritchard The nature and function of myth / E.O. James Mythology / Andrew Lang Golden bough or gilded twig? / Edmund R. Leach The transition to the higher mental types / Lucien Lévy-Bruhl Myth in primitive psychology / Bronislaw Malinowski On the philosophy of mythology / Friedrich Max Müller The Aryan expulsion-and-return-formula in the folk and hero tales of the Celts / Alfred Nutt The hero of tradition / Lord Raglan Myths and folktales / Stith Thompson Wild men and beast-children / Edward Burnett Tylor
  
• Related Titles: Series: Theories of myth 2
• Publisher: New York : Garland Pub., 1996
  
• Creation Date: 1996
  
• Format: xi, 412 p. ; 24 cm
  
• Language: English