MYTHS AND MYTH-MAKERS OLD TALES AND SUPERSTITIONS INTERPRETED BY COMPARATIVE MYTHOLOGY 1872

CONTENTS. I. THE ORIGINS OF FOLK-LORE II. THE DESCENT OF FIRE III. WEREWOLVES AND SWAN-MAIDENS IV. LIGHT AND DARKNESS V. MYTHS OF THE BARBARIC WORLD VI. JUVENTUS MUNDI VII. THE PRIMEVAL GHOST-WORLD NOTE MYTHS AND MYTH-MAKERS. I. THE ORIGINS OF FOLK-LORE. FEW mediaeval heroes are so widely known as William Tell. His exploits have been celebrated by one of the greatest poets and one of the most popular musicians of modern times. They are doubtless familiar to many who have never heard of Stauffacher or Winkelried, who are quite ignorant of the prowess of Roland, and to whom Arthur and Lancelot, nay, even Charlemagne, are but empty names.