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Celtic Folklore - Welsh and Manx (Paperback)
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Celtic Folklore - Welsh and Manx (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Anthropology, Volume 1
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John Rhys (1840-1915), the son of a Welsh farmer, studied at Oxford
and in Germany, and became the first professor of Celtic languages
at Oxford in 1877. His research ranged across the fields of
linguistics, history, archaeology, ethnology and religion, and his
many publications were instrumental in establishing the field of
Celtic studies. This two-volume work, published in 1901, had its
beginnings in the late 1870s, when Rhys began collecting Welsh folk
tales. His entertaining preface sheds light on folklore fieldwork
and its difficulties, including fragmentary evidence, alteration of
stories by those interviewed, and the hostility of the religious
and educational establishment to 'superstition'. Volume 1 begins
with these stories; for each text, Rhys provides fascinating
information about his sources, and an English translation. Later
chapters present comparative material, focusing particularly on the
Isle of Man, and a detailed account of Welsh legends and customs
associated with wells.
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