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CONTENTS.

  • I. THE ORIGINS OF FOLK-LORE . . . . . . . . 1
  • II. THE DESCENT OF FIRE. . . . . . . . . . 37
  • III. WEREWOLVES AND SWAN-MAIDENS . . . . . 69
  • IV. LIGHT AND DARKNESS . . . . . . . . . .104
  • V. MYTHS OF THE BARBARIC WORLD . . . . . .141
  • VI. JUVENTUS MUNDI . . . . . . . . . . . .174
  • VII. THE PRIMEVAL GHOST-WORLD. . . . . . .209
  • NOTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241
  • INDEX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243