ENGLISH

Myth And Mentality: Studies In Folklore And Popular Thought (Studia Fennica Folkloristica)

By Anna-Leena Siikala (editor)

Book information

Publisher
Finnish Literature Society
Year
2003
ISBN
9517463715, 9789517463713
Google Books ID
TJ_YAAAAMAAJ
Open Library ID
OL13029686M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
4 MB (3825378 bytes)
Series
Studia Fennica Folkloristica Vol. 8
Pages
311\311
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

The recent fascination in Finnish folklore studies with popular thought and the values and emotions encoded in oral tradition began with the realisation that the vast collections of the Finnish folklore archives still have much to offer the modern-day researcher. These archive materials were not only collected by scholars, but also by the ordinary rural populace interested in their own traditions, by performers and their audiences. This collection of articles works from the premises that the cultural models which shape mentalities give rise to manifest expression of culture, including folklore. These models also become embedded in the representations appearing in folklore, and are handed down from one generation to the next. The topics of this book cover age-old myths and world views, concepts of witchcraft and the Devil stretching back to the Middle Ages, and the values and collective emotions of Finnish and Hungarian agrarian communities.

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