The European Folktale

Form and Nature

173 pages

English language

Published 1986 by Indiana University Press.

ISBN:
978-0-253-20393-9
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"Niles' excellent translation should bring Lüthi's sensitive and articulate study the recognition it deserves among English readers." ―Library Journal

Lüthi demonstrates how the folktale, by its very distance from reality, can play upon the most important themes of human existence.

2 editions

Subjects

  • Folklore Studies
  • Symbolic Anthropology
  • Literary Studies
  • Mythology