Legend and Belief
Subtitle: Dialectics of a Folklore Genre
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: November 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9780253339294
Subjects: Folklore; Social Science; Sociology; Folklore & Mythology - Folklore; Sociology - Urban; Folklore & Mythology; Belief and doubt; Legends; Urban folklore
First sentence: As an old anecdote goes, a German tax-law professor known for his tricky exam questions, once asked a candidate, "lf you climbed up this church tower, what would you see down below?"