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The Clyde Mystery

The Clyde Mystery

by Andrew Lang

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Author
Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912
Title
The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore
Credits
Transcribed from the 1885 Macmillan and Co. edition by David Price
Language
English
LoC Class
GN: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Anthropology
Subject
Archaeology
Category
Text
eBook-No.
20902
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20902
Release Date
March 25, 2007
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.The Clyde Mystery A Study in Forgeries and Folklore
  2. 2.PREFACE
  3. 3.ILLUSTRATIONS
  4. 4.I—THE CLYDE MYSTERY
  5. 5.II—DR. MUNRO’S BOOK ON THE MYSTERY
  6. 6.III—THE CLYDE CONTROVERSY
  7. 7.IV—DUNBUIE
  8. 8.V—HOW I CAME INTO THE CONTROVERSY
  9. 9.VI—DUMBUCK
  10. 10.VII—LANGBANK
  11. 11.VIII—THE ORIGINAL DATE AND PURPOSE OF DUMBUCK AND LANGBANK
  12. 12.IX—A GUESS AT THE POSSIBLE PURPOSE OF LANGBANK AND DUMBUCK
  13. 13.X—THE LAST DAY AT OLD DUMBUCK
  14. 14.XI—MY THEORY OF PROVISIONAL DATE
  15. 15.XII—THE DISPUTED OBJECTS
  16. 16.XIII—METHOD OF INQUIRY
  17. 17.XIV—THE POSSIBLE MEANINGS OF THE MARKS AND OBJECTS
  18. 18.XV—QUESTION OF METHOD CONTINUED
  19. 19.XVI—MAGIC
  20. 20.XVII—DISPUTED OBJECTS CLASSIFIED
  21. 21.XVIII—CUP MARKS IN CRANNOGS
  22. 22.XIX—PARALLELISM BETWEEN THE DISPUTED OBJECTS AND OTHER OBJECTS ELSEWHERE
  23. 23.XX—UNMARKED CHARM STONES
  24. 24.XXI—QUALITY OF ART ON THE STONES
  25. 25.XXII—SURVIVAL OF MAGIC OF STONES
  26. 26.XXIII—MODERN SURVIVAL OF MAGICAL WOOD CHURINGA
  27. 27.XXIV—CONCLUSION OF ARGUMENT FROM SURVIVALS IN MAGIC
  28. 28.XXV—MY MISADVENTURE WITH THE CHARM STONE
  29. 29.XXVI—EUROPEAN PARALLELS TO THE DISPUTED OBJECTS
  30. 30.XXVII—PORTUGUESE AND OTHER STONE PENDANTS
  31. 31.XXVIII—QUESTION AS TO THE OBJECTS AS ORNAMENTS OF THE PERSON
  32. 32.XXIX—WEAPONS
  33. 33.XXX—THE FIGURINES
  34. 34.XXXI—GROTESQUE HEADS. DISPUTED PORTUGUESE PARALLELS
  35. 35.XXXII—DISPUTED OBJECTS FROM DUNBUIE
  36. 36.XXXIII—DISPUTABLE AND CERTAINLY FORGED OBJECTS
  37. 37.XXXIV—CONCLUSION
  38. 38.Footnotes

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