Funk and Wagnalls' standard dictionary of folklore mythology and legend
Leach, Maria, ed.
Funk and Wagnalls' standard dictionary of folklore mythology and legend - New York Funk and Wagnalls c1950 - Vol. 1 - x, 531p. Vol. 2 - pp. 533-1196
Volume 1: A-I. Volume 2: J-Z
'Here are gathered together a representative sampling of the gods of the world, the folk heroes, culture heroes, tricksters, and numskulls, of the folklore of animals, birds, plants, insects, stones, gems, minerals, stars, dances, ballads, folk songs, festivals and rituals, food customs and their significances, games and children's rimes, riddles, tongue twisters, supernatural impregnations, and the supernatural beings of folk belief and story, such as demons, ogres, fairies, and 'little people,' guardian spirits, werewolves, vampires, zombies.'
Hardcover
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Mythology
Folklore
Legends
Funk and Wagnalls' standard dictionary of folklore mythology and legend - New York Funk and Wagnalls c1950 - Vol. 1 - x, 531p. Vol. 2 - pp. 533-1196
Volume 1: A-I. Volume 2: J-Z
'Here are gathered together a representative sampling of the gods of the world, the folk heroes, culture heroes, tricksters, and numskulls, of the folklore of animals, birds, plants, insects, stones, gems, minerals, stars, dances, ballads, folk songs, festivals and rituals, food customs and their significances, games and children's rimes, riddles, tongue twisters, supernatural impregnations, and the supernatural beings of folk belief and story, such as demons, ogres, fairies, and 'little people,' guardian spirits, werewolves, vampires, zombies.'
Hardcover
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Mythology
Folklore
Legends