Tom Tit Tot; an essay on savage philosophy in folk-tale

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Tom Tit Tot; an essay on savage philosophy in folk-tale
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1898
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Tom Tit Tot; an essay on savage philosophy in folk-tale

Author: Clodd, Edward, 1840-1930

Year: 1898

Introduction.--The story of Tom Tit Tot.--Variants of Tom Tit Tot.--On the difussion of stories.--Incidental features of the stories.--Barbaric ideas about names.--Magic through tangible things.--Magic through intangible things.--Taboo.--Words of power.--The names and the soul.--Appendix: Bibliography of the Tom Tit Tot group of folk-tales.--Index

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