Rumanian Bird and Beast Stories Rendered into English. by M. Gaster
by M. GASTER [Moses GASTER]
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-
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Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
UK 1st Edition, 1915. Near Very Good condition, with fading / marks and pinhole to the spine. Internally clean and tight with no inscriptions.
A major collection of Romanian popular legends recorded by Moses Gaster (1856-1934), an eminent folklorist and Hebraic scholar, which includes Gaster's lengthy, highly important, introduction (pages [1]-59) in which he discusses his folk tale migration theory in detail. "In these Romanian popular legends, so strikingly in contrast to the fairy tales of western Europe, one can see evidences of the stage when 'marvelous and wonder-working animals' were implicitly accepted as part of the popular faith . Paganism and gnosticism mix happily. 'The heathen gods, the Christian saints, God and the devil legends, fairy tales, oriental imagery, mystical traditions and astrological lore are all inextricably blended together.' In a sense the collection is mis-titled, for these are actually creation and biblical folk legends in which birds and beasts play a part." - Dorson, The British Folklorists, pp. 273-6.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Itchen Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1104
- Title
- Rumanian Bird and Beast Stories Rendered into English. by M. Gaster
- Author
- M. GASTER [Moses GASTER]
- Format/Binding
- Original publisher's terracotta cloth, blindstamped in black and lettered in gilt.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition / 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published for the Folk-Lore Society by Sidgwick & Jackson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1915
- Pages
- 381
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Popular Legends ; Legend ; Folklore ; Tale ; Tales ; Romania ; Romanian ; Rumania ; Rumanian