Folktales in Homer's Odyssey"... Ponts to the long-neglected folkloric aspects of the Odyssey's major plotline ..." and draws upon analogous tales from New Zealand and elsewhere. |
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Denys Lionel Page. is not understood that the folktale element in this part out of harmony with the poem as a whole . The theme of the Odyssey itself is an adaptation of a folktale — the common and widespread tale3 of the husband who ...
Denys Lionel Page. is not understood that the folktale element in this part out of harmony with the poem as a whole . The theme of the Odyssey itself is an adaptation of a folktale — the common and widespread tale3 of the husband who ...
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... common folktale motifs to realistic settings , is to be observed throughout the Odyssey ; especially , in the story of the return from Troy to Ithaca , but also elsewhere.44 So much for this episode . We have lived an hour with the ...
... common folktale motifs to realistic settings , is to be observed throughout the Odyssey ; especially , in the story of the return from Troy to Ithaca , but also elsewhere.44 So much for this episode . We have lived an hour with the ...
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... common and widespread . I therefore suppose that the narrative in the Odyssey is based on familiar folktale , not free invention.48 And it is the content of the common folktale which explains why the poet might call his females ' Sirens ...
... common and widespread . I therefore suppose that the narrative in the Odyssey is based on familiar folktale , not free invention.48 And it is the content of the common folktale which explains why the poet might call his females ' Sirens ...
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adjective adventure Aeolus ancient archer Argonautica arrow audience axe-head Bedr Basim C. J. Longman called cattle century B.C. Circe common folktale companions Cyclops earth eaten epic Epic of Gilgamesh episode Erzählungen Eurylochus explanation fact female flower Folk-Lore 19 folklore folktale Frazer giants gonians Goodyear Greek Gulf of Bothnia handle handle-tip Hermes hero Herodotus Hesiod hole Hutu Indian Indian lotus island Izanagi Jātaka keel kill knots Laestry Laestrygonians Lamos land lived lotus Lotus-Eaters magical Mahāvamsa means moly motif Mycenaean Myth narrative Nelumbo Night and Day Nymphaea Odyssean Odysseus ogre palace Pāli paths of Night place name plainly poet Radermacher Rāma Rāmāyana region remote saga Schol ship shoot shot Sirens sorceress tale Telepylus tell thou told transformation into pigs twelve axes underworld wind word Zeus δὲ δρυόχους καὶ μὲν οἱ τὰ τὴν τῆς τῶν