Front Matter

"The improved product": a philological investigation of a contemporary legend

1-37

London's flames revisited: rumor-legend and the negotiation of political agendas in 17th-century England

38-75

"Walking barefoot in the land of Israel": mythicization and de-mythicization in contemporary kibbutz narratives

76-100

Québec's killer beer: a dark t(ale)

101-114

"The false teeth in the cod": a legend in context

115-131

Concepts and change of concepts in contemporary German legends, including a proposition for a new genre terminology

132-153

Vestigial belief, or the survival of the mythopoeic imagination?

154-159

The satanic cult legend in psychotherapy: three recent books

160-168

Contemporary Legend: A Folklore Bibliography (Bennett and Smith)

169-172

Piled Higher and Deeper: The Folklore of Campus Life (Bronner)

172-173

American Folklore and the Mass Media (Dégh)

174

The Shocking Ballad Picture Show: German Popular Literature and Cultural History (Cheesman)

174-175

Voices from Captivity: Interpreting the American POW Narrative (Doyle)

175-178

Talking AIDS: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Goldstein)

178-183

The Rabbit in the Thorn Tree: Modern Myths and Urban Legends of South Africa (Goldstuck), The Leopard in the Luggage: Urban Legends from Southern Africa (Goldstruck), and Ink in the Porridge: Urban Legends of the South African Elections (Goldstruck).

183-186

The New Comparative Method: Structural and Symbolic Analysis of the Allomotifs of Snow White (Jones)

187-188

A Ghosthunter's Guide to Haunted Landmarks, Parks, Churches, and Other Public Places (Myers)

188-190

Principles for Oral Narrative Research (Olrik)

190-192

Broodje Aap Met (Portnoy), De Wraak van de Kangoeroe (Burger), Trolle, Yetis, Tatzelwürmer: Rätselhafte Erscheinungen in Mitteleuropa (Magin)

192-195

Craig Shergold: A Mother's Story (Shergold with Cockerill)

195-201

Popular Arthurian Traditions (Slocum)

201-203

Dragons for Sale: Studies in Unreason (Wheeler)

203-204

Back Matter