Tom Tit Tot : an essay on savage philosophy in folk-tale / by Edward Clodd.
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TextPublication details: London : Duckworth and Co., 1898.Description: x, 249 p. ; 20 cmSubject(s):
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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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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.