Ireland and the Grail

Betty Potter's Dip, an unmarked roadside location at Boxted in Essex, is named after Elizabeth Potter, an eighteenth-century suicide who was buried there. Folklore has since assumed that she was a witch. This paper examines the events surrounding Elizabeth Potter's death and burial in relation to the practice of burying suicides by the roadside, and discusses why some roadside burials may have been associated with witches.     

The Legend of Lady Godiva

MITI E LEGGENDE. By RAFFAELE PETTAZZONI. I. Africa, Australia. Pp. xxviii + 480, 36 plates, 2 maps. 1948. 3,800 lire, paper. Torino, Unione tipograpfico-editrice torinese. Review by H. J. Rose.

STANDARD DICTIONARY OF FOLKLORE, MYTHOLOGY, AND LEGEND, Vol. I, A to I. Pp. 531. Published by Funk and Wagnall's Company, New York. English Price £3. Review by R. M. Dawkins.     

风雨碉楼

"卖猪仔"的淘金路 开平地处珠江三角洲西南部的低山丘陵地带,这里水网交错,气候温和.放眼望去,广袤的田野上一座座欧洲古典建筑风格的小楼,与中国南方农村的传统土屋交错在一起,成了中国绝无仅有的乡间景色.     

李自成传说的英雄叙事

明末农民起义领袖李自成是在中国历史上产生过重大影响的英雄人物。李自成及其领导的农民起义引起了上中下三个阶层的关注,在正史、文人俗文学和民间口承文学里均有记述。本文以民间流传的口承文本资料为依据,以李自成传说的英雄叙事为论述中心,概括了李自成传说的分布,勾勒出陕西、京晋豫、鄂湘三个传说圈,将其总结为三类八种类型,进而在与正史、俗文学比较的视野中,解读民众眼中的农民英雄,总结民间英雄人物传说的叙事艺术,评析不同的叙事文本所蕴含的史评、史观与思想观念。     

The Fordwich Stone and its Legend

Abstract

The ubiquitous use of the Latin word ‘sedilia’ to refer to the ritual seats to the south of an altar for the use of the celebrant priest and his assistants has led to the notion that it is an authentic medieval term. This paper shows the results of a survey of documentary references to seats of all kinds in medieval England, and demonstrates that in the medieval period the word sedilia was of no especial distinction, meaning merely ‘bench’, only gaining its current meaning in the late 18th century. The word was used along with a variety of others to refer to now lost seating in medieval churches, including benches and individual chairs in the chancel as well as seating in the nave. This piece will make some suggestions for the distinctions made in the terminology in medieval documents regarding the different types of seating in churches. To avoid confusion, the word ‘sedilia’ is italicised when it refers to medieval use of the Latin word, but not when it refers to the modern definition.     

《孟姜女传说》口头遗产及其文化空间——国家级非物质文化遗产《孟姜女传说》评述

孟姜女口头遗产在中国早已经构成了一个很大的民间传说圈。在孟姜女传统民间文化活动集中的地区,即以孟姜女口头传承为文化圈的活动空间里,不停顿地用多种形式重复展演和弘扬着孟姜女文化遗存。而山东淄博地区孟姜女传说调查成果充分证明,中心地带传承的口头传说有一个显著的特征,那就是传说中的人物、事件与当地人文历史背景、自然地理环境的紧密粘附性。     

麇鹿传奇

1865年,法国传教士阿芒·戴维的隔墙一瞥, 使当年仅存于皇家猎苑的珍贵物种麇鹿,渐渐被世人所知. 2003年春天,一头幼鹿诞生在中国江苏大丰麇鹿国家自然保护区, 结束了地球1000多年以来没有野生麋鹿的历史.     

胡杨 传说中的信仰

<正>胡杨,沙漠,荒原,孤烟,落日,黄羊。沧海桑田,当曾经的古海成为如今的西部荒原,苍凉成为主色调。尽管这是个传说——"生而一千年不死,死后一千年不倒,倒了一千年不朽"——但却让很多人坚信不疑。在一片茫茫中,能坚守住信仰的,才能成为英雄。1生活的神奇,在于多彩。蓝天白云、红叶褐干,远离霓虹和尘嚣,去荒原朝圣,不再膜拜铜臭,向荒原的守护者们深深鞠躬,心里的污浊一扫而空。2这胡杨,像极了中国的农民,在贫瘠中自得其乐,在匮乏中默默耕耘。如果你不接近他们,他们总是不起眼的,但靠近之后,你会惊叹他们的伟大!伊甸园的欢乐是无人能拒的。每个人有每个人的伊甸园,他们甘愿于此。