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)

9781108047067, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 26 April 2012

442 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2.5 cm, 0.56 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 etymological 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 3 focuses on the pre-Christian view of evil, and the concept of the devil. Erudite and full of detailed insight, this is a resource for scholars of mythology, religion and German cultural history.

Preface
30. Poetry
31. Spectres
32. Translation
33. Devil
34. Magic
35. Superstition
36. Sicknesses
37. Herbs and stones
38. Spells and charms
Index.

Subject Areas: Anthropology [JHM]