Custom and myth

Custom and myth

Custom and myth / by Andrew Lang

"First printed October 1884 ... reset for issue in 'Silver library' July 1893 ... reprinted February 1898."

Preface - Introduction - The method of folklore - The bull- roarer - The myth of Cronus - Cupid, Psyche, and the "Sun-frog" - A far- travelled tale - Apollo and the mouse - Star myths - Moly and mandragora - The "Kalavala" - The divining rod - Hottentot mythology - Fetichism and the infinite - The early history of the family - The art of savages

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312 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm

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