FOLK-LORE


A QUARTERLY REVIEW

OF

MYTH, TRADITION, INSTITUTION, & CUSTOM.


[Incorporating The Archæological Review and
The Folk-Lore Journal.]


VOL. I.—1890.


Alter et Idem


LONDON:

PUBLISHED FOR THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY

BY DAVID NUTT, 270, STRAND.


1890.

[XXVII.]

LONDON:
WHITING AND CO., SARDINIA STREET, LINCOLN’S INN FIELDS.

CONTENTS.




I.—(March 1890.)
PAGE
Editorial 1
Annual Presidential Address for the Session 1889-90. Andrew Lang 4
Discussion 15
Magic Songs of the Finns, I. Hon. J. Abercromby 17
Legends from Torres Straits, I. Prof. A. C. Haddon 47
Greek Trade Routes to Britain. Prof. W. Ridgeway 82
Recent Research on Folk-Tales. E. Sidney Hartland 108
Recent Research on Teutonic Mythology. F. York Powell 118
 
II.—(June 1890.)
Some Popular Superstitions of the Ancients. J. G. Frazer 145
Legends from Torres Straits, II. Prof. A. C. Haddon 172
A Highland Folk-Tale and its Foundation in Usage. G. L. Gomme 197
Peeping Tom and Lady Godiva. E. Sidney Hartland 207
How They Met ThemselvesJames Darmesteter et Auguste Barth 227
Report: Celtic Myth and Saga. Alfred Nutt 234
Report: Italian Folk-Songs. Miss R. H. Busk 261
 
III.—(September 1890.)
English and Scotch Fairy Tales. Collected by Andrew Lang 289
The Collection of English Folk-Lore. Miss C. Burne 313
Magic Songs of the Finns, II. Hon. J. Abercromby 331
The Riddles of Solomon in Rabbinic Literature. S. Schechter 348
Notes on Chinese Folk-Lore. J. H. Stewart Lockhart 359
Report on the Campbell MSS. at Edinburgh. Alfred Nutt 369
Recent Research in Comparative Religion. Joseph Jacobs 384
Report of the Annual Meeting of the Folk-Lore Society 397
 
IV.—(December 1890.)
Marriage Customs of the Mordvins. Hon. J. Abercromby 417
Marriage among the Early Slavs. Prof. P. Kowalewsky 463
The Marriage Ceremonies of the Manchus. J. H. Stewart Lockhart 481
The Story of “The Frog Prince”. W. A. Clouston 493
Folk-Lore Congress, 1891 507
 
Notes and News (March, June, September, December) 127, 268, 407, 513
Review: Les Contes Moralisés de Nicole Bozon. Joseph Jacobs 270
Correspondence:
What’s in a Name? E. Clodd. Fascination and Hypnotism, A. Nutt 272
How They Met Themselves,” C. G. Leland. “Fascination” and Hypnotism, Havelock Ellis. A Tale of Campbell and its Foundation in Usage, Joseph Jacobs 403
Zanzibar Parallel to Jacques de Vitry, Isabella Barclay. Tales and Legends of the Highlands, J. Macdonald 515
Miscellanea (March, June, September, December) 130, 275, 409, 518
Folk-Lore Bibliography (March, June, September, December) 137, 281, 410, 525
Indexes 531
List of Officers and Members of the Folk-Lore Society 553
 
Supplements:
Tabulation of Folk-Tales 123-154
Index to Archæological Journals 81-88