The Grateful Dead: The History of a Folk StoryGerould, Gordon Hall
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The Grateful Dead: The History of a Folk Story
Gerould, Gordon Hall
Dead -- Folklore; Folk literature -- Themes, motives; Grateful dead (Tale)
Souvestre, Le foyer breton, contes et recits populaires,
nouv. ed. 1874, ii. 1-21. Analyzed by Simrock, pp. 94-98, by Sepp,
p. 685, and in part by Hippe, p. 149. See Luzel, Legendes chretiennes,
i. 90, note.
Breton II.
F. M. Luzel, Legendes chretiennes de la Basse-Bretagne, 1881,
i. 68-90, "Le fils de Saint Pierre." Cited by von Weilen,
Zts. f. vergl. Litteraturgeschichte, N.F. i. 105. Analyzed in part
by Hippe, pp. 149 f.
Breton III.
Luzel, work cited, ii. 40-58. Mentioned by von Weilen, place cited,
and analyzed by Hippe, p. 150. The title, slightly misquoted by Hippe,
is "Cantique spirituel sur la charite que montra Saint-Corentin
envers un jeune homme qui fut chasse de chez son pere et sa mere,
sans motif ni raison."
Breton IV.
P. Sebillot, Contes populaires de la Haute-Bretagne, 1880,
pp. 1-8. Noted by Luzel, work cited, p. 90, note, and by Cosquin,
Contes populaires, i. 215.
Breton V.
F. M. Luzel, Contes populaires de Basse-Bretagne, 1887, ii. 176-194,
"La princesse Marcassa."
Breton VI.
F. M. Luzel, work cited, ii. 209-230, "La princesse de Hongrie."
Breton VII.
F. M. Luzel, work cited, i. 403-424, "Iouenn Kermenou, l'homme
de parole."
Old Swedish.
Stephens, pp. 73 f., reprinted with translation from his Ett
Forn-Svenskt Legendarium, 1858, ii. 731 f. This variant from 1265-1270
is analyzed by Hippe, pp. 158 f.
Swedish.
P. O. Baeckstroem, Svenska Folkboecker, 1845-48, ii. 144-156,
from H--d (Hammarskoeld) and I--s (Imnelius), Svenska Folksagor,
1819, i. 157-189. Baeckstroem also cites several editions of the
folk-book, which he says is of native origin. Mentioned by Stephens,
p. 8. Summarized by Liebrecht, Germania, xxiv. 130 f., and by Hippe,
p. 158.
Danish I.
S. Grundtvig, Gamle Danske Minder i Folkemunde, 1854, pp. 77-80,
"Det fattige Lig." Mentioned by Stephens, p. 8, by Hippe, p. 160,
and by Wilhelmi, p. 45. Summarized by Koehler, Or. und Occ. iii. 99.
Danish II.
Grundtvig, work cited, pp. 105-108, "De tre Mark." Summarized by
Koehler, Or. und Occ. iii. 100. Cited by Hippe, p. 160, and Wilhelmi,
p. 45.
Danish III.
Andersen, "Reisekammeraten," in Samlede Skrifter, xx. 54
ff. (1855). Found in most English editions of Andersen's tales as
"The Travelling Companion." Based on Norwegian II. Analyzed by Sepp,
p. 678. Cited by Koehler, Or. und Occ. ii. 327, by Hippe, p. 159,
and by Groome, Gypsy Folk-Tales, p. 3, note.
Norwegian I.
Asbjoernsen, Iuletraeet, 1866, no. 8, and Norske Folke-Eventyr, 1871,
no. 99, pp. 198-201. Summarized by Liebrecht, Heid. Jahrbuecher der
Lit. lxi. 451 (1868), and by Hippe, p. 159. See Liebrecht, Germania,
xxiv. 131.
Norwegian II.
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