Front Matter

Introduction: evil and the Devil in folklore: some divergent approaches

1-4

''Look, Daddy, I have teeth!'': a devil legend in contemporary Hispanic tradition

5-29

''El Diablo en el baile:'' cultural change, tradition and continuity in a Chicano legend

31-44

Beliefs in satanism and their impact on a community: moving beyond textual studies in oral tradition

45-59

Speak to the devil: Ouija board rituals among American adolescents

61-90

Hecate in the primrose wood: the propagation of a rumour

91-118

Satanic child abuse in a blue house

119-133

Contemporary legend: creating a practical bibliography

135-148

David D. Buchan (1939-1994)

149-152

The wild and the defiant: perdurable stories and images of the inner spirit in women and men

153-157

The contemporary legend in France

158-164

The UFO Silencers (Beckley)

166-167

The Shocking Ballad Picture Show (Cheesman)

168-169

American Folklore and the Mass Media (Dégh)

169-170

The Oxford Dictionary of Saints (Farmer)

170-173

Manufacturing Tales: Sex and Money in Contemporary Legends (Fine)

173-176

In Search of the Paper Tiger: A Sociological Perspective of and the Mystery Genre in the Entertainment Print Mass Medium (Hoppendstand)

177-180

Stories, Community, and Place: Narratives from Middle America (Johnstone)

180-183

Criminals as Heroes: Structure, Power and Identity (Kooistra)

183-186

Science or Pseudo? The Mars Effect and Other Claims (Nienhuys)

186-187

The Devil in Legend and Literature (Rudwin) and Horror and the Holy: Wisdom Teaching of the Monster Tale (Schneider)

187-191

Urban Legends and the Japanese Tale (Wells)

192

Belle Starr and Her Times (Shirley)

193-194

I Heard it Through the Grapevine: Rumor in African-American Culture (Turner)

194-198

The Mammoth Book of the Supernatural (Wilson)

198-201

Favorite Scary Stories of American Children (Young and Young)

202-206

Back Matter