The Science of Fairy Tales
by Edwin Sidney Hartland
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About this eBook
- Author
- Hartland, Edwin Sidney, 1848-1927
- Title
- The science of fairy tales : an inquiry into fairy mythology
- Credits
- Produced by R. Cedron, Marcia Brooks, Henry Craig and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- GR: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Folklore
- Subject
- Folklore
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 24614
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24614
- Release Date
- February 14, 2008
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.The Science of Fairy Tales — AN INQUIRY INTO FAIRY MYTHOLOGY. — BY
- 2.EDWIN SIDNEY HARTLAND, — FELLOW OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES.
- 3.PREFACE.
- 4.CONTENTS. — THE SCIENCE OF FAIRY TALES.
- 5.CHAPTER I. — THE ART OF STORY-TELLING. — FOOTNOTES:
- 6.CHAPTER II. — SAVAGE IDEAS. — FOOTNOTES:
- 7.CHAPTER III. — FAIRY BIRTHS AND HUMAN MIDWIVES. — FOOTNOTES:
- 8.CHAPTER IV. — FAIRY BIRTHS AND HUMAN MIDWIVES ( continued ). — FOOTNOTES:
- 9.CHAPTER V. — CHANGELINGS. — FOOTNOTES:
- 10.CHAPTER VI. — ROBBERIES FROM FAIRYLAND. — FOOTNOTES:
- 11.CHAPTER VII. — THE SUPERNATURAL LAPSE OF TIME IN FAIRYLAND. — FOOTNOTES:
- 12.CHAPTER VIII. — THE SUPERNATURAL LAPSE OF TIME IN FAIRYLAND — ( continued ). — FOOTNOTES:
- 13.CHAPTER IX. — THE SUPERNATURAL LAPSE OF TIME IN FAIRYLAND — ( continued ). — FOOTNOTES:
- 14.CHAPTER X. — SWAN-MAIDENS. — FOOTNOTES:
- 15.CHAPTER XI. — SWAN-MAIDENS ( continued ). — FOOTNOTES:
- 16.CHAPTER XII. — CONCLUSION. — FOOTNOTES:
- 17.APPENDIX. — Bibliographical List of some of the Works referred to in the foregoing Pages.
- 18.INDEX. — UNWIN BROTHERS, THE GRESHAM PRESS, CHILWORTH AND LONDON.
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