In every culture there exists unwritten law--obligations and prohibitions that are understood and passed on, and transgressions that are punished. Folk Law , a comprehensive two-volume collection of essays, examines this meeting place of folklore and jurisprudence. The contributors explore the historical significance and implications of folk law, its continuing influence around the globe, and the conflicts that arise when folk law diverges from official law. The collection begins by defining various forms of "folk law," drawing on examples from many cultures. The second section provides historical profiles of pioneering figures in the study of folk law. Following sections examine field research techniques used to identify folk laws; aspects of folk law within the realm of rituals, songs, and other forms of expressive culture; instances where folk law comes into conflict with national law, and the role of folk law in the international arena. The volumes also include description and analysis of two approaches to folk law--the rule approach, in which scholars dissect the codes that underlie folk law, and the case approach, in which researchers examine specific cases involving folk law. Valuable for students and scholars of law, folklore, or anthropology, this extensive casebook marks a rare interdisciplinary approach to two important areas of research.

Analyzes popular jokes to reveal some of the anxieties these jokes reflect and discusses how this genre of folklore acts as a socially acceptable outlet for expressing taboo subjects and ideas

Explores to what extent the folklore of a given group reflects the particular character of that group through a study of German culture and folklore.

The new wizard tries to solve all the town's problems, but carelessness with his own magic tears creates a tragedy instead.

A husband does not believe it when his wife tells him that their crying baby is comforted by a huge eagle who flies down with its sharp talons and alights on the baby.

In these stimulating essays, Alan Dundes presents a history of psychoanalytic studies of folklore while also showing how folklore methodology can be used to clarify and validate psychoanalytic theory. Dundes’ work is unique in its symbolic analysis of the ordinary imagination. His data are children’s games, folktales, everyday speech, cultural metaphors for power and prestige, and rituals associated with childbirth.

On submitting this book to the readers I wish to thank all those who have helped me to bring it to its present form. First of all, I wish to thank Professor Tadeusz Kotarbinski, who had been kind enough to read the manuscript. His profound and penetrating criticism helped me to add precision to many passages of this book. I also thank the translator Dr Olgierd Wojtasiewicz and Mr George Bidwell who checked the translation. Quotations from non-E nglish-language books are either given in existing English version, if available, or translated into English. In three cases only they are given in the original version. This refers to quotations from Husserl, Jaspers, and Vossler, and is due to the specific character of these texts. A. S. [vi. (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at

"At the turn of the twentieth century, over forty percent of the world's Jews lived within the Russian Empire, almost all in the Pale of Settlement. From the Baltic to the Black Sea, the Jews of the Pale created a distinctive way of life little known beyond its borders. This led the historian Simon Dubnow to label the territory a Jewish 'Dark Continent.' Just before World War I, a socialist revolutionary and aspiring ethnographer named An-sky pledged to explore the Pale. He dreamed of leading an ethnographic expedition that would produce an archive--what he called an Oral Torah of the common people rather than the rabbinic elite--which would preserve Jewish traditions and transform them into the seeds of a modern Jewish culture. Between 1912 and 1914, An-sky and his team collected jokes, recorded songs, took thousands of photographs, and created a massive ethnographic questionnaire. Consisting of 2,087 questions in Yiddish--exploring the gamut of Jewish folk beliefs and traditions, from everyday activities to spiritual exercises to marital intimacies--the Jewish Ethnographic Program constitutes an invaluable portrait of Eastern European Jewish life on the brink of destruction. Nathaniel Deutsch offers the first complete translation of the questionnaire, as well as the riveting story of An-sky's almost messianic efforts to create a Jewish ethnography in an era of revolutionary change. An-sky's project was halted by World War I, and within a few years the Pale of Settlement would no longer exist. These survey questions revive and reveal shtetl life in all its wonder and complexity." -- Publisher's Web site.

new edition with a further illustrative plates by Gini Lusini

Extraordinary Adventures of Mullah Nasruddin : Naughty, unexpurgated tales of the beloved wise fool from the Middle & Far East. Revised Edition collected & retold by Ron J. Suresha Lambda Literary Awards, Finalis t Rainbow Book Awards, Honorable Mention. This award-winning folklore collection details the exploits of the beloved 800-year-old Turkish "wise fool," Mullah Nasruddin (Nasreddin Hoca), presenting 255 authentic, hilarious, outrageous folk tales, dozens appearing in English for the first time. Author Suresha has done extensive research to locate, translate, and retell these centuries-old "naughty Nasruddin" stories from around the globe. Some are relatively simple, straightforward "traditional" anecdotes and jokes that depict the Mullah as he daily interacts with his family, neighbors, donkey, community, and strangers during his myriad journeys in the ancient hills and rural villages of the Levant. Many bawdy, ribald tales, previously suppressed for moralistic reasons, explore taboo themes inappropriate for children. Mature readers will be amused and amazed by this unadulterated account of the truly Extraordinary Adventures of Mullah Nasruddin. + ". . . ridiculously funny . . . . The Mullah Nasruddin's tradition is marked by illuminative stories that can be appropriately shared by the Imam at the Friday prayer in the masjid while another might be delivered by the boisterous pottery merchant in the tea room after prayers. Such is the stuff of real humans. The author has done an excellent job researching and adapting these stories from the originals to provide us with a better view of the unpredictable reality of human beings. The author's roundup is exhaustive, perhaps one of the most honest of all English collections that have been published as popular Mullah Nasruddin literature. - from a review by Prof. Sandra Bird in Storytelling Society Self (2018)

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Le livre intitul����� ""Proverbes Abyssins"" a �����t����� �����crit par Jacques Faitlovitch en 1907. Il s'agit d'un recueil de proverbes et de dictons traditionnels de l'�����thiopie, �����galement connue sous le nom d'Abyssinie. Ces proverbes sont pr�����sent�����s en amharique, la langue officielle de l'�����thiopie, ainsi qu'en fran�����ais. Le livre est divis����� en deux parties. La premi�����re partie est consacr�����e ������ une introduction ������ la culture et ������ la langue amharique, ainsi qu'������ une pr�����sentation de la m�����thodologie utilis�����e pour collecter les proverbes. La seconde partie est compos�����e des proverbes eux-m������mes, qui sont class�����s par th�����mes tels que la sagesse, l'amiti�����, l'amour, la vie et la mort. Le livre est consid�����r����� comme une contribution importante ������ la compr�����hension de la culture �����thiopienne et de la langue amharique, ainsi qu'������ la pr�����servation de la tradition orale de l'�����thiopie. Il est �����galement un t�����moignage de l'int�����r������t de Faitlovitch pour les cultures africaines et son engagement en faveur de leur pr�����servation.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

This book brings together select articles published in disparate journals and volumes over the past two decades. Some deal exclusively with either Armeniaca (ancient, medieval, and modern) or Iranica (pre-Islamic); in the case of the former, there is an emphasis on the sources and religious material of heroic epic and of folklore. A number of studies also deal with the visionaries of the Armenian tradition--Mashtots', Narekats'i, Ch'arents'. In the Iranian area, there are publications on Irano-Judaica and the culture of the Parsi Zoroastrians of India.

Rich, full, experimental and long lasting contributions to the ecology of fantasy. Forgotten Lore brings together fourteen fantasy writers who bring fourteen tales to life. Each one a unique glimpse into a new world they have meticulously crafted.If you're new to the genre, this is an ideal place to start, so you begin with the multitude of ideas that count here.

Down North, The Book of Cape Breton's Magazine by Ronald (Editor) Caplan (Author) – January 1, 1991 Breton Books [241pg including index Paperback 10x8.75z0.75in]