Folklore Lit from Google Books
Herein is my personal catalog of reference and other books of particular interest to me that have been scanned and made available in PDF format via Google Books. They've proved a really marvelous resource, and one which is getting steadily better, larger and more useful. While it's handy and convenient to let them store the things so they'll be at your fingertips whenever you're on the web, a cautionary type might want to download copies of at least the ones of most interest. Google is a corporation, with more rights - thanks to Big Tony and the Supremes - and less responsibilities than these anachronisms we call individuals, and they can do whatever they bloody well want to at any time they want to do it.
This is all here because either I can't figure out how to use the tools Google Books provides to do this, or their tools are insufficient and overly fussy. I'm betting the latter.
Feel free to borrow any or all of this, with the understanding that an attribution will keep the karma dogs off your ass.
| On a technical note, I've attempted to extract informative or at least entertaining bits from the prefaces or other parts of some of the books. These will appear in this differently colored format which, thankfully, at least isn't blinking. These extracts may contain extraneous artifacts from Google's OCR rendering of the PDF scans into text that I've been too lazy to fix. |
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On another technical note, I'll occasionally add reviews, comments, etc. from sources external to the books, which will added in a wee font like this.
On a really annoying technical note, some entries will be shown in blue. These are so indicated because they exist and should - by any reading of copyright law not involving Sonny Bono and DisneyCorp - be available. Their non-availability makes me blue in the Buddy Guy way.
If you feel you must get in touch with me so you can send me mint copies of any or all of the books listed below, then send some electrons to baum@stommel.tamu.edu.
Folklore, Mythology, Etc.
Dictionnaire Infernal; ou, Recherches et Anecdotes..., Vol. 1 & 2 (1818)
A Handbook of Legendary and Mythological Art (1872, 510) - Clara Erskine Clement Waters
A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature (1879, 411) - John Dowson
A Bibliography of Mythology and Folklore (1897, 64) - William Swan Sonnenschein
Encyclopedia of Superstitions, Folklore, and the Occult Sciences (1903) - Cora Linn Morrison Daniels, Charles
McClellan Stevens
Faiths and Folklore: A Dictionary of National Beliefs, Superstitions and Popular Customs, Past and Current,
with Their Classical and Foreign Analogues, Described and Illustrated (1905) - William Carew Hazlitt
Bibliography of Anthropology and Folklore, Vol. 1-2 (1907) - Northcote Whitridge Thomas
Index to Fairy Tales, Myths and Legends (1915, 311) - Mary Huse Eastman
An Encyclopaedia of Occultism: A Compendium of Information on the Occult Sciences, Occult Personalities, Psychic
Science, Magic, Demonology, Spiritism and Mysticism (1920, 451) - Lewis Spence
Tales of the East: Comprising the Most Popular Romances of Oriental Origin (1812) - Henry Weber
Illustrations of Northern Antiquities, from the Earlier Teutonic and Scandinavian Romances: Being Abstract of the
Book of Heroes, and Nibelungen Lay (1814, 522) - Henry William Weber
The Cambrian Popular Antiquities; or, An Account of the Traditions, Customs, and Superstitions of
Wales (1815, 360) - Peter Roberts
The Popular Superstitions and Festive Amusements of the Highlanders of Scotland (1823, 293) - William Grant Stewart
Demonologia; or, Natural Knowledge Revealed; Being an Expose of Ancient and Modern Superstitions, Credulity,
Fanaticism, Enthusiasm, & Imposture (1827, 438) - J. S. Forsyth
Cambrian Superstitions: Comprising Ghosts, Omens, Witchcraft, Traditions, &c. (1831, 194) - William Howells
The Mythology of the Hindus (1832, 401) - Charles Coleman
The Darker Superstitions of Scotland: Illustrated from History and Practice (1834, 700) - John Graham Dalyell
Illustrations of the Fairy Mythology of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1845, 349) - James Orchard Halliwell-Phillips
Northern Antiquities: or, An Historical Account of the Manners, Customs, Religion and Laws, Maritime
Expeditions and Discoveries, Language and Literature of the Ancient Scandinavians (1847, 578) - Paul Henri Mallet, I. A. Blackwell
The Phantom World: or, The Philosophy of Spirits, Apparitions, &c. (1850) - Henry Christmas
Shakespeare's Puck, and His Folkslore: Illustrated from the Superstitions of All Nations (1852-1860) - William Bell
The Religion of the Northmen (1854, 346) - Rudolph Keyser
The History of Magic (1854) - Joseph Ennemoser
Curiosities of Indo-European Tradition and Folk-Lore (1863, 308) - Walter Keating Kelly
The Superstitions of Witchcraft (1865, 278) - Howard Williams
Popular Epics of the Middle Ages of the Norse-German and Carlovingian Cycles (1865) - John Malcolm Ludlow
A Hand-Book of Hindu Mythology and Philosophy, with Some Biographical Notices, 2nd Ed. (1870, 162) - William Cooke Taylor
Origin of Language and Myths (1871) - Morgan Peter Kavanaugh
Zoological Mythology: or, The Legends of Animals (1872) - Angelo De Gubernatis
A Handbook of Weather Folk-Lore (1873, 275) - Charles Swainson
Musical Myths and Facts (1876) - Carl Engel
Astronomical Myths: Based on Flammarion's "History of the Heavens" (1877, 431) - John Frederick Blake
Notes on the Folk-Lore of the Northern Counties of England and the Borders (1879, 391) - William Henderson
Japanese Fairy World: Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan (1880, 304) - William Elliot Griffis, Nankoku Ozawa
Buddhist Birth Stories; or, Jataka Tales: The Oldest Collection of Folk-Lore Extanti, Vol. 1 (1880, 347) - Viggo Fausboll
Notes on the Folk-Lore of the North-East of Scotland (1881, 238) - Walter Gregor
British Goblins: Welsh Folk Lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions (1881, 412) - Wirt Sikes
Demonology and Devil-Lore (1881) - Moncure Daniel Conway
Teutonic Mythology (1882-?) - Jacob Grimm
The Animal Lore of Shakespeare's Time (1883, 476) - Emma Phipson
Error's Chains: How Forged and Broken (1883, 785) - Frank Stockton Dobbins, Samuel Wells Williams, Isaac Hollister Hall
The Pedigree of the Devil (1883, 256) - Frederic Thomas Hall
Norse Mythology, 4th Ed. (1884, 473) - Rasmus Bjorn Anderson
English Folk-Lore (1884, 290) - Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer
Folk-Lore of Shakespeare (1884, 559) - Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer
Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics: Embracing the Myths, Traditions, Superstitions, and Folk-Lore of the
Plant Kingdom (1884, 610) - Richard Folkard
Indian Myths; or, Legends, Traditions, and Symbols of the Aborigines of America, 2nd Ed. (1884, 677) - Ellen Russell Emerson
The Plant-Lore and Garden-Craft of Shakespeare, 2nd Ed. (1884, 438) - Henry Nicholson Ellacombe
Flowers and Flower Lore (1884) - Hilderic Friend
Legends and Superstitions of the Sea and of Sailors (1885, 505) - Fletcher Stewart Bassett
Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland: With Sketches of the
Irish Past (1887) - Lady Wilde
The Legends and Myths of Hawaii: The Fables and Folk-Lore of a Strange People (1888, 530) - David Kalakaua, Rollin Mallory Daggett
The Folk-Lore of Plants (1889, 328) - Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer
The Heimskringla: or, The Sagas of the Norse Kings (1889) - Samuel Laing, Snorre Sturlason
Myths and Folk-Tales of the Russians, Western Slavs, and Magyars (1890, 555) - Jeremiah Curtin
English Fairy Tales (1890, 253) - Joseph Jacobs
The Melanesians: Studies in Their Anthroplogy and Folk-Lore (1891, 419) - Robert Henry Codrington
Indian Fairy Tales (1892, 255) - Joseph Jacobs
Celtic Fairy Tales (1892, 267) - Joseph Jacobs
The Heroes of Asgard: Tales from Scandinavian Mythology (1893, 323) - Annie Keary, Eliza Keary
More Celtic Fairy Tales (1894, 258) - Joseph Jacobs
An Introduction to the Popular Religion and Folklore of Northern India (1894, 420) - William Crooke
The Nine Worlds: Stories from Norse Mythology (1895, 163) - Mary Elizabeth Litchfield
Natural History Lore and Legend: Being Some Few Examples of Quaint and By-Gone Beliefs Gathered In From
Divers Authorities, Ancient and Mediaeval, of Varying Degrees of Reliability (1895, 350) - Frederick Edward Hulme
Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our
Vulgar and Provincial Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions (1895-?) - John Brand, Henry Ellis
Myths and Legends of Our Own Land (1896) - Charles M. Skinner
The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India (1896) - William Crooke
Curiosities of Popular Customs, and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and Miscellaneous Antiquities (1897, 1018) - William Shepard Walsh
Canadian Folk-Life and Folk-Lore (1897, 199) - William Parker Greenough
Gods and Devils of Mankind (1897, 785) - Frank Stockton Dobbins, Samuel Wells Williams, Isaac Hollister Hall
The Magic of the Horse-Shoe: With Other Folk-Lore Notes (1898, 344) - Robert Means Lawrence
Animal and Plant Lore: Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk (1899, 180) - Fanny Dickerson Bergen
Gypsy Folk-Tales (1899, 302) - Francis Hindes Groome
British Popular Customs Present and Past: Illustrating the Social and Domestic Manners of the
People (1900, 520) - Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer
The History ofthe Devil and the Idea of Evil (1900, 496) - Paul Carus
The History and Romance of Northern Europe (1900-1907) - Erasmus B. Anderson
Highland Superstitions Connected with the Druids, Fairies, Witchcraft, Second-Sight, Hallowe'en, Sacred Wells and LOchs,
with Several Curious Instances of Highland Customs and Beliefs (1901, 64) - Alexander MacGregor
The Lore of Cathay; or, The Intellect of China (1901, 480) - William Alexander Parsons Martin
The Ainu and Their Folk-Lore (1901, 603) - John Batchelor
In the Days of Giants: A Book of Norse Tales (1902, 259) - Abbie Farwell Brown
The Book of Nature Myths (1902, 215) - Florence Holbrook
Myths and Mythmakers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology (1902, 353) - John Fiske
The Myths of the Rhine (1903, 423) - X. B. Saintine, M. Schele de Vere
Weather Folk-Lore and Local Weather Signs (1903, 153) - Edward Bennett Garriott
Guernsey Folk Lore: A Collection of Popular Superstitions, Legendary Tales, Peculiar Customs, Proverbs,
Weather Sayings, Etc. of the People of That Island (1903, 616) - Edgar MacCulloch
The Devils and Evil Spirits of Babylonia: Being Babylonian and Assyrian Incantations Against the Demons,
Ghouls, Vampires, Hobgoblins, Ghosts, and Kindred Evil Spirits, Which Attack Mankind (1903-1904) - Reginald Campbell Thompson
The Traditions of the Hopi (1905, 319) - Henry R. Voth
Magic and Husbandry: The Folk-Lore of Agriculture (1905, 315) - Lewis Dayton Burdick
The Folk-Lore Readers (1905-1916) - Eulalie Osgood Grover
Teutonic Mythology: Gods and Goddesses of the Northland (1907) - Viktor Rydberg
Cults, Customs, and Superstitions of India (1908, 336) - John Campbell Oman
Popular Tales from the Norse (1908, 443) - Peter Christen Asbjornsen, Jorgen Engebretsen Moe
Ancient Tales and Folklore of Japan (1908, 360) - Richard Gordon Smith
The Grateful Dead: The History of a Folk Story (1908, 177) - Gordon Hall Gerould
Comet Lore: Halley's Comet in History and Astronomy (1910, 144) - Edwin Emerson
Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery (1910, 276) - Robert Means Lawrence
Star Lore of All Ages: A Collection of Myths, Legends, and Facts Concerning the Constellations of the
Northern Hemisphere (1911, 453) - William Tyler Olcott
More English Fairy Tales (1911, 268) - Joseph Jacobs
Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest (1912, 193) - Katharine Berry Judson
A Handbook of Norse Mythology (1913, 208) - Karl Mortensen, Asa Clinton Powell
Irish Witchcraft and Demonology (1913, 255) - St. John Drelincourt Seymour
Rustic Speech and Folk-Lore (1913, 341) - Elizabeth Mary Wright
Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists (1914, 399) - Sister Nivedita, Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy
Sun Lore of All Ages: A Collection of Myths and Legends Concerning the Sun and Its Worship (1914, 346) - William Tyler Olcott
Beliefs and Superstitions of the Pennsylvania Germans (1915, 374) - Edwin Miller Fogel
Myths and Legends of Flowers, Trees, Fruits, and Plants in All Ages and in All Climes (1915, 293) - Charles Montgomery Skinner
Russian Folk-Tales (1916, 350) - Aleksandr Nikolaevich Afanas'ev
The Mythology of All Races (1916-?) - Louis Herbert Gray
Vol. 3: Celtic - John Arnott/Slavic - Jan Machal (1916, 398)
Asgard and the Gods: The Tales and Traditions of Our Northern Ancestors (1917, 326) - Wilhelm Wagner, M. W. Macdowall
Archaic England: An Essay in Deciphering Prehistory from Megalithic Monuments, Earthworks, Customs, Coins,
Place-Names, and Faerie Superstitions (1920, 894) - Harold Bayley
Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society