INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. INTRODUCTION ix
5. CHAPTER ONE Psychoanalysis and the Folktale 1
6. CHAPTER TWO The Significance of Stepping Over 11
7. CHAPTER THREE Magic and Theft in European Folklore 19
8. CHAPTER FOUR Myth and Folktale 29
9. CHAPTER FIVE Saint Agatha and the Tuesday Woman 43
10. CHAPTER SIX The Story of the Light That Disappeared 59
11. CHAPTER SEVEN The Thread of Life 87
12. CHAPTER EIGHT The Bear in the Haunted Mill 103
13. CHAPTER NINE Culture Hero and Trickster in North American Mythology 115
14. CHAPTER TEN Tom, Tit, Tot 123
15. CHAPTER ELEVEN Fire in the Dragon 129
16. CHAPTER TWELVE Mythology of Arnhem Land 139
17. CHAPTER THIRTEEN Fairy Tale and Dream 147
18. CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Wolf and the Seven Kids 161
19. CHAPTER FIFTEEN Hansel and Gretel 167
20. CHAPTER SIXTEEN The Language of Birds 171
21. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Dame Holle: Dream and Folktale (Grimm No. 24) 181
22. INDEX 193