The Ballads and Songs of Scotland: In View of Their Influence on the Character of the People |
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Sir Walter Scott refers to its occurrence in ancient Greek mythology , in the Golden Ass of Apuleius , and in a mediæval legend ; 2 while Professor Child notices Danish and Swedish ballads founded on the same story .
Sir Walter Scott refers to its occurrence in ancient Greek mythology , in the Golden Ass of Apuleius , and in a mediæval legend ; 2 while Professor Child notices Danish and Swedish ballads founded on the same story .
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Though the theme of this ballad does not recall , so definitely as that of Willie's Ladye , similar stories current ... Here , indeed , it is not the more common story of a male of higher race coming down to one of the daughters of men ...
Though the theme of this ballad does not recall , so definitely as that of Willie's Ladye , similar stories current ... Here , indeed , it is not the more common story of a male of higher race coming down to one of the daughters of men ...
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It is thus seen that in both of these ballads , while the witchcraft on which they are founded has not yet contracted its later vulgar characteristics , the horror of the story is mitigated , and thus rendered more poetical ...
It is thus seen that in both of these ballads , while the witchcraft on which they are founded has not yet contracted its later vulgar characteristics , the horror of the story is mitigated , and thus rendered more poetical ...
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even of the Teutonic nations.1 In many of these varieties there is a prominent feature , in which most readers will recognize a likeness to the familiar Bluebeard of household story . Of the Scotch series of ballads on this legend ...
even of the Teutonic nations.1 In many of these varieties there is a prominent feature , in which most readers will recognize a likeness to the familiar Bluebeard of household story . Of the Scotch series of ballads on this legend ...
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Though Professor Child unhesitatingly pronounces this to be a modern composition , yet , even if this be the case , the author is evidently not the creator of his story , which is merely a modification of the legend we are considering .
Though Professor Child unhesitatingly pronounces this to be a modern composition , yet , even if this be the case , the author is evidently not the creator of his story , which is merely a modification of the legend we are considering .
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| Վերնագիր | The Ballads and Songs of Scotland: In View of Their Influence on the Character of the People Թողարկում 11213 of CIHM/ICMH microfiche series |
| Հեղինակ | John Clark Murray |
| Հրատարակիչ | Macmillan and Company, 1874 |
| Original from | Հարվարդի համալսարան |
| Digitized | 4 Նոյեմբեր 2008 |
| ISBN | 0999255886, 9780999255889 |
| Length | 205 էջ |
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