Other Non-Fiction Bunce, John Thackray: Fairy Tales; Their Origin and Meaning. 17 May 2008

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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.

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