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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TO
MY DEAR FRIEND,
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS,
IN REMEMBRANCE OF PLEASANT AUTUMN EVENINGS SPENT AMONG
WEREWOLVES AND TROLLS AND NIXIES,
I dedicate
THIS RECORD OF OUR ADVENTURES.

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