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RWood
05-17-2008, 10:53 PM
Another volume of folklore and fairy tales. An interesting analysis of western European folk tales. A wonderful companion volume to all of the fairy tale books posted here.

The chapters are as follows:

Origin of fairy tales — the Aryan race: its characteristics, its traditions, and its migrations
Kindred tales from divers lands
Dwellers in fairyland: stories from the east
Dwellers in fairyland: teutonic, scandinavian, etc.
Dwellers in fairyland: celtic, the west highlands
Conclusion-some popular tales explained.