Teutonic Mythology

An exhaustive study of Germanic folklore by linguist and philologist Jacob Grimm, first published in English between 1880 and 1888.

Jacob Grimm (Author), James Steven Stallybrass (Translated by)

9781108047050, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 26 April 2012

470 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2.7 cm, 0.59 kg

The linguist and philologist Jacob Grimm (1785–1863) is best remembered as co-editor, with his brother Wilhelm, of Grimm's Fairy Tales, though their great Deutsches Wörterbuch remains an influential reference work. Grimm's exhaustive study in comparative mythology and religion, Deutsche Mythologie, was first published in German in 1835: this English translation, published between 1880 and 1888, is of the posthumous fourth German edition of 1875. Drawing on his broad knowledge of language and world mythology, Grimm outlines a wide variety of themes in Germanic folklore (such as time, creation, destiny and the soul), comparing them to classical and oriental tales as well as charting the influence of Christianity on legends and on Pagan religion. Volume 2 focuses on legendary creatures such as giants, elves, dwarves and sprites. Erudite and full of insight, this is an invaluable resource for scholars of mythology and religion as well as of German cultural history.

17. Wights and elves
18. Giants
19. Creation
20. Elements
21. Trees and animals
22. Sky and stars
23. Day and night
24. Summer and winter
25. Time and world
26. Souls
27. Death
28. Destiny and well-being
29. Personifications.

Subject Areas: Anthropology [JHM]