Teutonic Mythology

Klappentext An exhaustive study of Germanic folklore by linguist and philologist Jacob Grimm, first published in English between 1880 and 1888. Zusammenfassung The linguist and philologist Jacob Grimm (1785–1863), best remembered as co-editor of Grimm's Fairy Tales, also wrote this exhaustive study of comparative mythology, first published in German in 1835. This English translation of the enlarged, posthumous fourth German edition of 1875 was published between 1880 and 1888. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 30. Poetry; 31. Spectres; 32. Translation; 33. Devil; 34. Magic; 35. Superstition; 36. Sicknesses; 37. Herbs and stones; 38. Spells and charms; Index.

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• Authors: Jacob Grimm, Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm
• Assisted by: James Steven Stallybrass (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.04.2012
• EAN: 9781108047067
• ISBN: 978-1-108-04706-7
• No. of pages: 442
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous