Folklore

The deep forest and broad savannah, the campsites, kraals, and villages—from this immense area south of the Sahara Desert the distinguished American folklorist Roger D. Abrahams has selected ninety-five tales that suggest

Folklore emphasizes those bodies of North American and European scholarship that have influenced each other most profoundly since the discipline’s inception. The entries provide an introduction that facilitates the pursuit of more

Alan Dundes, in this casebook of an anti-Semitic legend, demonstrates the power of folklore to influence thought and history. According to the blood libel legend, Jews murdered Christian infants to obtain blood

In Italian, it’s referred to as “malocchio.” In Spanish, it’s “el ojo.” And in Farsi, it’s “bla band.” In many cultures, primitive or sophisticated, the “evil eye” is considered to be a

The essays of Alan Dundes virtually created the meaning of folklore as an American academic discipline. Yet many of them went quickly out of print after their initial publication in far-flung journals.

With great reverence for the Bible, Dundes offers a new and exciting way to resolve some of the mysteries and contradictions that evolved during the Bible’s prewritten legacy and that persists today.