The Legend of the Grail

The Mothers. A Study of the Origins of Sentiments and Institutions. By Robert Briffault. Vols. i-iii. George Allen &;Unwin, 1927. 10" x 6 ?" Pp. xix + 781; xx + 789; xv + 841. 25s. per vol.     

神话、传说与历史

本文旨在探讨神话、传说与历史的关系。为此,文章重新启用和评价了爱德华·泰勒关于神话传说属于"原始文化"的概念,从而在理论上找到了由神话传说到历史的通道,因为在此概念下神话传说无论以何种形态出现都包含了构建史前史的要素。为了借鉴这些历史因素,作者尝试性地提出了一种考察和解释神话传说的模式,即以"信史"或"真实的历史"为出发点,以信实性为衡量标准,将世界各主要文明的神话传说分成若干层次。作者认为,由于各种神话传说所包含的历史真实因素具有不同的层次和特点,因此必须综合借鉴社会学、人类学、古文字学、考古学、天文学等多种理论和方法,才能对形态各异的神话传说进行有利于历史研究的考察。     

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.     

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“在地化”后的传承特征分析——以山东淄河镇的孟姜女传说为例

根据2009年4月在山东淄河镇对孟姜女传说的调查,认为孟姜女传说作为一个在全国普遍流传的传说,之所以在淄河镇呈现出独特面貌,关键因素在于齐长城和淄河。孟姜女传说在淄河镇的传承以口头讲述为主,颇具理性色彩,并没有进入到口头文学以外的日常生活中去。由于旅游发展的介入,孟姜女传说和村落历史、风物源头开始有所勾连,因此孟姜女传说在当地的叙事和传承方式可能会逐渐多样化,或许会借助风物和庙宇渗透进民俗生活中去,现在只是刚刚进入到新形势下一个流布全国的传说在地化过程中的过渡阶段。