Chapter Iii. Tales With The Simple Theme : * "The Grateful Dead", by Gordon Hall Gerould, [1908], p. 26 CHAPTER III. TALES WITH THE SIMPLE THEME AND MISCELLANEOUS COMBINATIONS. OF the tales enumerated in the previous chapter, over one hundred in number, all but seventeen fall into well-defined categories as having "The Grateful Dead"...
Chapter Ii. Bibliography : * "The Grateful Dead", by Gordon Hall Gerould, [1908], p. 7 CHAPTER II. BIBLIOGRAPHY. THE following list of variants of "The Grateful Dead" includes only such tales as have the fundamental traits. as sketched above, either expressed or clearly implied, Thus "Der gute Gerhard", for example, is not...
Chapter Iv. The Grateful Dead And The Pois : * "The Grateful Dead", by Gordon Hall Gerould, [1908], p. 44 CHAPTER IV. THE GRATEFUL DEAD AND THE POISON MAIDEN. ONE of the most prevalent types of "The Grateful Dead" is that in which it has combined with "The Poison Maiden", a theme almost world-wide in distribution and applicati...
Introduction : * "The Grateful Dead", by Gordon Hall Gerould, [1908], p. ix INTRODUCTION. THE combination of narrative themes is so frequent a phenomenon in folk and formal literature that one almost forgets to wonder at it. Yet in point of fact the reason for it and the means by which it is accomplished are...
Chapter I. A Review : * "The Grateful Dead", by Gordon Hall Gerould, [1908], p. 1 CHAPTER I. A REVIEW. To Karl Simrock is due the honour of discovering the importance of "The Grateful Dead" for the student of literature and legend. In his little book, "Der gute Gerhard and die dankbaren Todten", 1 he called attenti...
Untitled : Every rock band has its own mythological creation story. The Grateful Dead claim that Jerry Garcia was looking through a 'large book' one day (no doubt in some altered state of mind), and the phrase just popped out at him. The specific book is unknown, but scholars of the band have suggested it w...
Chapter V. The Grateful Dead And The Ransomed : * "The Grateful Dead", by Gordon Hall Gerould, [1908], p. 76 CHAPTER V. THE GRATEFUL DEAD AND THE RANSOMED WOMAN. As has already been shown, 1 Simrock regarded as an essential feature of "The Grateful Dead" the release of a maiden from captivity by the hero. Stephens and Hippe 2 saw that such w...
Chapter Vi. The Grateful Dead And The Water : * "The Grateful Dead", by Gordon Hall Gerould, [1908], p. 119 CHAPTER VI. "THE GRATEFUL DEAD" AND "THE WATER OF LIFE" OR KINDRED THEMES. THE "mrchen" known in its various forms as "The Water of Life" 1 is based on the myth which goes by the same name. 2 The myth, as has been shown quite...
Chapter Viii. Conclusion : * "The Grateful Dead", by Gordon Hall Gerould, [1908], p. 162 CHAPTER VIII. CONCLUSION. IN considering the general development and relations of "The Grateful Dead", to which we must now turn, it is proper to inquire first of all as to its origin. Hitherto the existence of the story-theme as such...
Title Page : * "The Grateful Dead", by Gordon Hall Gerould, [1908], THE GRATEFUL DEAD THE HISTORY OF A FOLK STORY BY GORDON HALL GEROULD B. LITT. (OXON.) PRECEPTOR IN ENGLISH IN PRINCETON UNIVERSITY Published For The "Folk-Lore" Society By DAVID NUTT, 57-59 LONG ACRE LONDON [1908] Scanned, proofed...
Chapter Vii. The Relations Of The Grateful : * "The Grateful Dead", by Gordon Hall Gerould, [1908], p. 153 CHAPTER VII. THE RELATIONS OF "THE GRATEFUL DEAD" TO THE "SPENDTHRIFT KNIGHT", "THE TWO FRIENDS", AND "THE THANKFUL BEASTS". WE have met at various points in our study with tales. in which the motive of the hero's fateful journey w...
