民俗史摭谈

八十年代以来,随着改革开放,思想解放的深入,民俗学学科(或者说民俗学运动)再度兴起,民俗著作如雨后春笋,蔚为壮观。民俗理论中的基础理论、民俗史及应用民俗,都有不同程度的发展。其中尤其是过去甚为薄弱的民俗史,更是异军崛起,引人注意。     

Stray Notes on Oxfordshire Folklore

BIRDS IN LEGEND FABLE AND FOLKLORE. By ERNEST INGERSOLL. Longmans, Green &; Co., 1923. Ill. Front. Pp. v + 292. 12s. 6d. net. Reviewed by D. H. Moutray Read.

GAELIC PIONEERS OF CHRISTIANITY. By DOM LOUIS GOUGAUD, O.S.B. Dublin: M. H. Gill &; Son, 1923. Pp. xxiii. + 166. 7s. 6d. n. Reviewed by Eleanor Hull.

THE LATIN AND IRISH LIVES OF ST. CIARAN. By R. A. STEWART MACALISTER. Pp. 190. 10s. n. LIFE OF ST. DAVID. By A. W. WADE-EVANS. Pp. xx.+ 124. 7s. 6d. n. [Translations of Christian Literature : Series V., Lives of Celtic Saints.] Soc. for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1923. Reviewed by Eleanor Hull.

CONTES SLAVES DE LA MACÉDOINE SUD-OCCIDENTALE : Etude linguistique; textes et traduction; Notes de Folklore. Par ANDRÉ MAZON. Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, 1923. Reviewed by A. H. Krappe.

EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY. By W. MAX MÜLLER. [Being vol. xii. of The Mythology of All Races, 1923.] Geo. G. Harrap &; Co., 1923. Ill. Pp. xvi.+448. 10s. 6d. n. Reviewed by M. A. Murray.

LIFE IN SOUTHERN NIGERIA : THE MAGIC, BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS OF THE IBIBIO TRIBE. By P. AMAURY TALBOT. Macmillan &; Co., 1923. 8vo. Pp. xvi. + 356. Map; 51 ill. 21s. n. Reviewed by A. R. Wright.

THE GOLDEN ASS OF LUCIUS APULEIUS. In the translation of WILLIAM ADLINGTON. Edit., with an Intro., by F. J. HARVEY DARTON. Navarre Society, 1924. Ill. Pp. 359. 21s. net.     

Stray Notes on Japanese Folklore.

A WORLD REMEMBERED: TALES AND LORE OF THE POLISH LAND. Collected and compiled by MARION MOORE COLEMAN. Cherry Hill Books, 1965. Price 5 dollars. Reviewed by Violet Mason.

ANNUAL CUSTOMS AND FESTIVALS IN PEKING. By TUN LI-CH'EN. Trans lated and Annotated by DERK BODDE. Hong Kong University Press; Oxford University Press. Pp. 147. 52s. 6d. Reviewed by W. H. Hudspeth.

FOLKLORE BALEAR. Bv ANDRÉS FERRER GINARD. Ed. Cort. 1965. Reviewed by Violet Alford.

INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY OF REGIONAL EUROPEAN ETHNOLOGY AND FOLKLORE. VOL. ii: Folk Literature (Germanic). By LAURITS BØDKER. Published by CIAP with the support of UNESCO. Copenhagen, Rosenkilde &; Bagger, 1965. Pp. 365. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

STRAW PATH. Data on the Spread and the Origin of the Mediterranean Name Type of Via Lactea. By LÁSZLÓ MÁNDOKI. Acta Ethno graphica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, Tomus XIV, Fasciculi 1–2. Budapest, 1965. Pp. 21. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

MYTH. A Symposium. Edited by THOMAS A. SEBECK. Indiana University Press, 1965. Pp. 180. $2–45 (7s 6d). Reviewed by E. O. James.

SOMERSET FOLKLORE, By R. L. TONGUE, edited by K. M. BRIGGS. County Folklore, Vol. VIII. The Folk-lore Society, 1965. Pp. 243. 40s. Reviewed by Faith Sharp.

HEALTH AND HEALING IN RURAL GREECE. By RICHARD AND EVA BLUM, Stanford University Press. 30s. Reviewed by Eric J. Trimmer.

SAGEN UND HIRE DEUTUNG. By MAX LÜTHI, LUTZ RÖHRICH and GEORG FOHRER. Introduction by W. E. Peuckert. Evangelisches Forum. Heft 5. Göttingen, Vandenhoeck &; Ruprecht, 1965. Pp. 80. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

DAS MÄRCHEN. SEIN ORT IN DER GEISTIGEN ENTWICKXUNG, By HEDWIG VON BEIT. Bern, Francke Verlag, 1965. Pp. 373. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

EARLY IRISH POETRY. Edited by JAMES CARNEY. Cork, The Mercier Press, 1965. Pp. 99. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

THE FIRST BOOK OF IRISH MYTHS AND LEGENDS. With introduction by EOIN NEESON. Cork, The Mercier Press, no year. Pp. 126. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

TRADITIONAL COUNTRY CRAFTSMEN. By J. GERAINT JENKINS. London, Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd, 45s. Reviewed by D. N. Kennedy.

THE HOGARTH BOOK OF SCOTTISH NURSERY RHYMES. Collected and edited by NORAH AND WILLIAM MONTGOMERY. London. Hogarth Press, 1964. 15s. Reviewed by W. Bonser.

ENVIRONMENT AND ARCHAEOLOGY. An Introduction to Pleistocene Geography. By KARL W. BUTZER. Methuen, 1965. Pp. 524. 84s. net. Reviewed by E. O. James.

PATTERNS OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR. By S. FORD and FRANK A. BEACH. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1965. Pp. 330. 30s. net. Reviewed by E. O. James.     

Fairy Beliefs and other Folklore Notes from County Leitrim

Recent writing on the medieval origins of the concept of the witches' sabbath have emphasized the importance of beliefs in nocturnal processions or cavalcades of spirits, known in modern times by the umbrella term of the ‘Wild Hunt’. This article suggests that the modern notion of the Hunt was created by Jacob Grimm, who conflated different medieval traditions with modern folklore. It further argues that a different approach to the study of medieval spirit processions, which confines itself to medieval and early modern sources and distinguishes between the types of procession described in them, results in different conclusions, with regard both to the character of the Hunt and to its relationship with the sabbath.     

劳里·航柯论民俗研究中的范式札记

2007年5月,题为“知识生产反思——民俗学和民族学的发展”的民俗学史学术研讨会在塔尔图大学召开。会议由来自爱沙尼亚和比较民俗学学院的特聘副教授克里斯廷·库蒂马（Kristin Kuutma）主持,30多位爱沙尼亚国内外学者与会。     

The Heroic Outlaw in Irish Folklore and Popular Literature

As a symbolic figure in Irish folklore and popular literature, the outlaw embodies folk morality in conflict with the self-interest and inequity of the state. In the aftermath of British colonisation, the Irish outlaw is represented as more than a criminal. He provides a hero through whom ordinary Irishmen and women can vicariously enjoy brief victories, and imagine their collective dignity in the midst of political defeat and its consequences. Legends, ballads and chapbooks portraying the outlaw are the products of hard-pressed people representing themselves to themselves, reflecting on their strengths and weaknesses, and contemplating issues of morality and justice.     

Memory and Legend: Recollections of Penal Times in Irish Folklore

Stories of priests being hunted down and murdered at Mass Rocks by priest-catchers and soldiers during the Penal era in Ireland persist to the present day. Using a tripartite taxonomy of memory, this article explores the reasons why these images continue to dominate and reflect the persecuted nature of Catholicism.