The Ballads and Songs of Scotland: In View of Their Influence on the Character of the People |
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In the Scottish ballad , the witchmother of Willie , fired into malicious resolution by his marrying against her will , tortures his wife by working a spell , similar to that by which , in the Greek myth , Hera took revenge on Alcmena ...
In the Scottish ballad , the witchmother of Willie , fired into malicious resolution by his marrying against her will , tortures his wife by working a spell , similar to that by which , in the Greek myth , Hera took revenge on Alcmena ...
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But the good office which was performed for Alcmena by a stratagem of her maid Galanthis , is here accomplished , in a similar manner , by the ingenuity of a good spirit named Billy Blind , who , in his kindly services to men ...
But the good office which was performed for Alcmena by a stratagem of her maid Galanthis , is here accomplished , in a similar manner , by the ingenuity of a good spirit named Billy Blind , who , in his kindly services to men ...
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Though the theme of this ballad does not recall , so definitely as that of Willie's Ladye , similar stories current in different countries , yet the germ of it is contained in the fancy , which we meet under different forms in all ...
Though the theme of this ballad does not recall , so definitely as that of Willie's Ladye , similar stories current in different countries , yet the germ of it is contained in the fancy , which we meet under different forms in all ...
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... fifth song of the gods , Hrafnagaldr Odhins , and , in the latter , Gylfaginning , 17 . Compare Simrock's “ Deutsche Mythologie , " § 124 . 1 An enumeration of similar legends , with a reference I 2 THE BALLADS AND SONGS OF SCOTLAND .
... fifth song of the gods , Hrafnagaldr Odhins , and , in the latter , Gylfaginning , 17 . Compare Simrock's “ Deutsche Mythologie , " § 124 . 1 An enumeration of similar legends , with a reference I 2 THE BALLADS AND SONGS OF SCOTLAND .
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1 An enumeration of similar legends , with a reference to sources of more detailed information , will be found in Child's “ English and Scottish Ballads , ” vol . i . pp . 195 and 198 ; and vol . ii . pp . 271-3 .
1 An enumeration of similar legends , with a reference to sources of more detailed information , will be found in Child's “ English and Scottish Ballads , ” vol . i . pp . 195 and 198 ; and vol . ii . pp . 271-3 .
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