Discussion of the folk horror subgenre emphasizes its use of folkloric materials. By
portraying tensions between surviving village lore and the invention of faux-ancient …

During the last half a century, the concepts of folklore and heritage went respectively through
parallel but inverted courses. I think there are serious problems in the mating of “Folklore” …

Folkloristics, like all disciplines, has its story to tell. Avant la lettre, in Herder's
conceptualization, folklore narrated a national tale that (in its francophobia) looked forward …

There is little about globalized modern magical-religious Witchcraft that isn't borrowed. It is
well established that it is a creative response to modernity rather than an ancient continuous …

The distribution through space of motifs, legends, and customs has long been central to the
discipline of folklore. Geographical distribution constitutes the main plank of one of the most …

This article contextualizes Nenets folklore notes taken by MA Castrén from three different
angles. First, it discusses the historical research background of Castrén's work, situating his …

ABSTRACT When Edwin Chadwick released his report into burial reform in 1843 he was
highly critical of the working-class practice of keeping the dead body in the home for up to a …

There is little about globalized modern magical-religious Witchcraft that isn't borrowed. It is
well established that it is a creative response to modernity rather than an ancient continuous …

One indicator or precursor of the social emancipation of women in nineteenth-century Britain
was the number of women who travelled in, and wrote about, continental Europe. Several …

Following the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species, Victorian anthropology made
two apparently contradictory claims: it distinguished" civilized man" from animals and" …