Keywords:
Sex Folklore
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Man-woman relationships Folklore
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Women Folklore
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Swan maiden (Tale) Classification
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Swan maiden (Tale) History and criticism
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Man-woman relationships -- Folklore
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Sex -- Folklore
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Swan maiden (Tale) -- Classification
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Swan maiden (Tale) -- History and criticism
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Women -- Folklore
Description / Table of Contents:
--The New York Times Book Review This is a study of the meaning of gender as framed by the swan maiden tale, a story found in the folklore of virtually every culture. The swan maiden is a supernatural woman forced to marry, keep house, and bear children for a mortal man who holds the key to her imprisonment. When she manages to regain this key, she escapes to the otherworld, never to return. These tales have most often been interpreted as depicting exogamous marriages, describing the girl from another tribe trapped in a world where she will always be the outsider. Barbara Fass Leavy belie
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xi, 374 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0585322309
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9780585322308
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=2081651
DDC:
398.21
Language:
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-367) and index
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1 Introduction: The Dangerous Adventure; CHAPTER 2 Urvaśī and the Swan Maidens: The Runaway Wife; CHAPTER 3 The Devil's Bride; CHAPTER 4 The Animal Groom; CHAPTER 5 Swan Maiden and Incubus; CHAPTER 6 The Animal Bride; CHAPTER 7 Orpheus's Quest; CHAPTER 8 Etain's Two Husbands: The Swan Maiden's Choice; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Selected Names and Titles
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