Full Description
First Published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Contents
Part 1 The Christian myth - the birth of eve; the theme in folklore; two Italian folktales; priest and master. Part 2 Two aesopic fables - christianity versus folklore; father versus son; excursus - christianity and castration; how the fox got his name; a Danish folktale; folklore versus christianity; the master who went looking for a servant - a Finnish fable; son versus father; noble versus serf; woman versus woman; jew versus jew; Pope versus emperor; the medieval legend of nero's pregnancy; excursus - homosexuality and male pregnancy; the monk's sorrows - a German verse tale; servants and women versus monk master; town versus country; excursus - above and below. Part 3 Peasant versus monk - artisan versus peasant; peasant versus artisan; husband versus wife; bourgeois morality; wife versus husband; the Chariot in the parson's belly - a French tale; woman versus doctor; excursus - woman as castrator.
