| Description |
vi, 237 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Publications of the UCLA Center for the Study of Comparative Folklore and Mythology, 2 |
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California. University. University at Los Angeles. Center for the Study of Comparative Folklore and Mythology.
Publications ; 2.
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| Contents |
The general concept of legend: some assumptions to be reexamined and reassessed / Robert A. Georges -- On the psychology of legend / Alan Dundes -- The usable myth: the legends of modern mythmakers / Albert B. Friedman -- Definition and variation in folk legend / Herbert Halpert -- The "belief legend" in modern society: form, function, and relationship to other genres / Linda Dégh -- How shall we rewrite Charles M. Skinner today? / Richard M. Dorson -- Mexican legendry and the rise of Mestizo: a survey / Américo Paredes -- Hispanic legend material: contrasts between European and American attitudes / Stanley L. Robe -- The making of the popular legendary hero / Horace P. Beck -- Beanie Short: a Civil War chronicle in legend and song / D.K. Wilgus and Lynwood Montell -- The saint's legend in the Pennsylvania German folk-culture / Don Yoder -- Modern legends of Mormondom, or, supernaturalism is alive and well in Salt Lake City / Jan Harold Brunvand -- Ma'i Joldloshi: legendary styles and Navaho myth / Barre Toelken -- The index of American folk legends / Wayland D. Hand. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Subject |
Legends -- America -- Congresses.
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| Indexed Term |
Legends United States. Conference proceedings. |
| Subject |
Folklore -- Congresses.
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| Added Author |
Hand, Wayland D. (Wayland Debs), 1907-1986, editor.
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| ISBN |
0520019059 |
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