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Singing Flails: A Study in Threshing-Floor Constructions, Flail-Threshing Traditions and the Magic Guarding of the House
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAlbert Sandklef
Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1949.An ethnographic and folkloric study of threshing-floor architecture, flail-threshing customs, and protective agrarian magic in European peasant tradition. FF Communications No. 136 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
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Games of the Tibetans
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartSiegbert Hummel; Paul G. Brewster
Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1963.Ethnographic survey of traditional Tibetan games, combining cultural anthropology, folklore, and comparative play studies. FF Communications No. 187 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
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Games of the Tibetans
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartSiegbert Hummel; Paul G. Brewster
Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1963.Ethnographic survey of traditional Tibetan games, combining cultural anthropology, folklore, and comparative play studies. FF Communications No. 187 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
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The Incest Theme in Folksong
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartPaul G. Brewster
Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1972.Folkloristic analysis of incest motifs in international folksong tradition, tracing narrative patterns, symbolism, and cultural taboos. FF Communications No. 212 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
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The Cinderella Cycle in China and Indo-China
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartNai-Tung Ting
Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1974.Comparative folklore study of Cinderella-type tales across China and Indo-China, highlighting regional variants, motifs, and diffusion of the cycle. FF Communications No. 213 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
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The Rite Technique of the Siberian Shaman
AU$60.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAnna-Leena Siikala
Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1987.Ethnographic study of Siberian shamanism, religion, witches, and healers, detailing ritual techniques, trance methods, and mythic cosmology. FF Communications No. 220 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
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The Art of Mixing Metaphors: A Folkloristic Interpretation of the Netherlandish Proverbs by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAlan Dundes; Claudia A. Stibbe
Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1981.FF Communications No. 230 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
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A Tale-type Index of Australian Aboriginal Oral Narratives
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartPatricia Panyity Waterman
Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1987.Scholarly index classifying Australian Aboriginal oral narratives by tale-type, aligning Indigenous storytelling with international folklore taxonomy. FF Communications No. 238 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
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Index of Spanish Folktales
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRalph S. Boggs
Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1993.Classified according to Antti Aarne’s types of the folktale, translated and enlarged by Stith Thompson, in FF Communicatoins No. 74. FF Communications No. 90 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
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Vainamoinen: Eternal Sage
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMartti Haavio
Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1991.Mythological study of the eternal sage of the Kalevala, exploring his role as culture hero, shaman, and primordial singer in Finnish epic tradition. FF Communications No. 144 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
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Indian Animal Tales: A Preliminary Survey
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartLaurits Bodker
Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1991.Survey of Indian animal fables, tracing narrative structures, moral lessons, and cross-cultural folklore parallels. FF Communications No. 170 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
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Types of Indic Oral Tales: India, Pakistan, and Ceylon
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartStith Thompson; Warren E. Roberts
Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1991.Catalogue and analysis of Indic oral tales from India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, organised by tale-type and thematic motifs. FF Communications No. 180 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
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Studies in Finnic-Slavic Folklore Relations
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartFelix J. Oinas
Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1991.Comparative study of Finnic and Slavic folklore, examining shared motifs, narrative structures, and cultural exchanges. FF Communications No. 205 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
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Cult and Conflict in Tropical Polynesia: A Study of Traditional Religion, Christianity and Nativistic Movements
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJukka Siikala
Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1982.Ethnographic study of religious practices and intergroup tensions in tropical Polynesia, analysing ritual, belief, and social conflict. FF Communications No. 233 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
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Studies in Ingrian Laments
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAili Nenola-Kallio
Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1982.Collection and analysis of Ingrian lament traditions, exploring ritual expression, grief, and regional folk poetics. FF Communications No. 234 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
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Cognitive Systems and Culture Models of Illness
AU$60.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMatti Kamppinen
Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1989.Examination of cultural perceptions of illness, linking cognitive frameworks, folk beliefs, and traditional healing practices. FF Communications No. 244 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
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The New Comparative Method: Structural and Symbolic Analysis of the Allomotifs of Snow White
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartSteven Swann Jones
Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1990.Structural and symbolic analysis of Snow White variants, tracing recurrent allomotifs and their comparative folkloric significance. FF Communications No. 247 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
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Child Murderess and Dead Child Traditions: A Comparative Study
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAnne O’Connor
Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1991.Folkloristic study of narratives involving child murder and deceased children, examining motifs, symbolism, and moral themes across cultures. FF Communications No. 249 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
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Exploring the Garden of Delights: Essays in Bosch’s Paintings and the Medieval Mental Culture
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAnna Birgitta Rooth
Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1992.Study of Bosch, medieval mentalities, and culture imagination. FF Communications No. 251 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
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A List of Motifs in the Lives of the Early Irish Saints
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartDorothy Ann Bray
Helskinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1992.An identifying, classifying and documenting list of the themes of early medieval Irish saint biographies. FF Communications No. 252 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.