Myths and Myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology

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PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

I. THE ORIGINS OF FOLK-LORE.

II. THE DESCENT OF FIRE.

III. WEREWOLVES AND SWAN-MAIDENS.

IV. LIGHT AND DARKNESS.

V. MYTHS OF THE BARBARIC WORLD.

VI. JUVENTUS MUNDI.

VII. THE PRIMEVAL GHOST-WORLD.

NOTE.

INDEX.

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MYTHS AND MYTH-MAKERS

OLD TALES AND SUPERSTITIONS INTERPRETED
BY COMPARATIVE MYTHOLOGY

JOHN FISKE

La mythologie, cette science toute nouvelle, qui nous fait suivre les croyances de nos pères, depuis le berceau du monde jusqu'aux superstitions de nos campagnes.—EDMOND SCHERER

BOSTON AND NEW YORK

HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY The Riverside Press, Cambridge

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MYTHS AND MYTH-MAKERS

OLD TALES AND SUPERSTITIONS INTERPRETED BY COMPARATIVE MYTHOLOGY

JOHN FISKE

BOSTON AND NEW YORK

OLD TALES AND SUPERSTITIONS INTERPRETED
BY COMPARATIVE MYTHOLOGY