Folklore and Traditional History

✍ Scribed by Richard M. Dorson (editor)

• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
• Year: 1973
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 119
• Series: Studies in Folklore; 1
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Introduction: Folklore and Traditional History • Richard M. Dobson
Oral Evidence and the Historian: Problems and Methods • David E. Bynum
Homer, The Trojan War, and History • Albert B. Lord
Old Norse Epic and Historical Tradition • Marlene Ciklamini
The Impact of Al-Hajj 'Umar on the Historical Traditions of the Fulbe • David Robinson
History in the Oral Traditions of the Akan • Kwame Y. Daaku
The Testimony of the Button • Barbro Klein
Sources for the Traditional History of the Scottish Highlands and Western Islands • Richard M. Dobson
Index