Segnius Irritant or Eight Primitive Folk-Lore Stories
An important work on folk-lore has just been issued by Mr. Forder. It is entitled "Segnius Irritant; or, Eight Primitive Folk-Lore Stories," translated and compared by W. W. Strickland. The word "primitive" may be objected to as not strictly accurate. But the stories, translated from the Czech and Slovenien, are certainly of very archaic character, and, although they have some analogues in Southern and Western Europe, probably represent earlier phases of some better known folk tales. Besides giving the stories themselves as they are still told by the folk, Mr. Strickland comments upon, compares, and explains them. He gives reasons for believing that they originated in the arctic regions, and that they represent in the main the mythology of the seasons, especially the triumph of spring over winter. Mr. Clodd has recently pointed out that folk-lorists are apt, out of deference to the Christian 'taboo, ' to avoid the real issue of their studies. This is not the case with Mr. Strickland. He errs, if at all, on the other side. He does not scruple to find in his old folk tales the origin of "the Bethlehem legend." He says: "Just as the hero of the primitive myth leaves home to wander through darkness and bring back the light, so Jesus, the putative child of the Jewish Tvashtar, runs away from home, and, disputing with the doctors of divinity, proves himself to be more enlightened than any of them; and, not long after this, after a forty days' fast, which is perhaps a faint reminiscence of the forty-two days' Arctic winter night, occurs the struggle for the light in its usual triple form, but vulgarised into a trial of moral strength between a devil and a saint, perhaps having been modified by ancient Buddhist legends. Such is the staff religions and religious thought are formed of." It should be mentioned that Mr. Strickland gives reason to believe that some items of his stories are prior to Virgil, and pre-Christian.
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Segnius Irritant or Eight Primitive Folk-Lore Stories
An important work on folk-lore has just been issued by Mr. Forder. It is entitled "Segnius Irritant; or, Eight Primitive Folk-Lore Stories," translated and compared by W. W. Strickland. The word "primitive" may be objected to as not strictly accurate. But the stories, translated from the Czech and Slovenien, are certainly of very archaic character, and, although they have some analogues in Southern and Western Europe, probably represent earlier phases of some better known folk tales. Besides giving the stories themselves as they are still told by the folk, Mr. Strickland comments upon, compares, and explains them. He gives reasons for believing that they originated in the arctic regions, and that they represent in the main the mythology of the seasons, especially the triumph of spring over winter. Mr. Clodd has recently pointed out that folk-lorists are apt, out of deference to the Christian 'taboo, ' to avoid the real issue of their studies. This is not the case with Mr. Strickland. He errs, if at all, on the other side. He does not scruple to find in his old folk tales the origin of "the Bethlehem legend." He says: "Just as the hero of the primitive myth leaves home to wander through darkness and bring back the light, so Jesus, the putative child of the Jewish Tvashtar, runs away from home, and, disputing with the doctors of divinity, proves himself to be more enlightened than any of them; and, not long after this, after a forty days' fast, which is perhaps a faint reminiscence of the forty-two days' Arctic winter night, occurs the struggle for the light in its usual triple form, but vulgarised into a trial of moral strength between a devil and a saint, perhaps having been modified by ancient Buddhist legends. Such is the staff religions and religious thought are formed of." It should be mentioned that Mr. Strickland gives reason to believe that some items of his stories are prior to Virgil, and pre-Christian.
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781663537867 |
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| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble Press |
| Publication date: | 07/21/2020 |
| Pages: | 126 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.30(d) |
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