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Title: Folklore as an Historical Science

Author: George Laurence Gomme

Release Date: June 18, 2007 [EBook #21852]

Language: English

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FOLKLORE AS AN
HISTORICAL SCIENCE

BY
GEORGE LAURENCE GOMME

WITH TWENTY-EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS

METHUEN & CO.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON

_First Published in 1908_

[Illustration: "PEDLAR'S SEAT," SWAFFHAM CHURCH]

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. HISTORY AND FOLKLORE _pages_ 1-122

INTRODUCTORY _pages_ 1-13

HISTORY AND LOCAL AND PERSONAL TRADITIONS 13-46

HISTORY AND FOLK-TALES 46-84

TRADITIONAL LAW 84-100

MYTHOLOGY AND TRADITION 100-110

HISTORIANS AND TRADITION 110-120

II. MATERIALS AND METHODS 123-179

TRADITIONAL MATERIAL 123-129

MYTH, FOLK-TALE, AND LEGEND 129-153

CUSTOM, BELIEF, AND RITE 154-179

III. PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS 180-207

IV. ANTHROPOLOGICAL CONDITIONS 208-302

PRIMITIVE INFLUENCES 211-238

EARLIEST TYPES OF SOCIAL EXISTENCE 238-261

AUSTRALIAN TOTEM SOCIETY TESTED BY THE
EVIDENCE 262-274

TOTEM SURVIVALS IN BRITAIN 274-296

SYNOPSIS OF CULTURE-STRUCTURE OF SEMANGS
OF MALAY PENINSULA