Front Matter

Medical aspects of the "Bosom Serpent"

1-26

Hear and tell: children and the Llorona

27-44

Coffins on cars—three Namibian adventures: some remarks on the relationship of contemporary legends and jests

45-63

The sinister submarine as a motif in contemporary legend and popular imagination

64-82

Genealogy of a witch-hunt: satanism, social power, and the Society for Creative Anachronism

83-107

Religious belief and everyday knowledge: a functional analysis of the legend dialectic

108-126

Stone angels, naked mourners, and various virgins: statues, legends, and the gendering of intimacy

127-160

''It has all the earmarks ...": spotting contemporary legends early; predicting their course

161-183

Following Tradition: Folklore in the Discourse of American Culture (Bronner)

184-187

Rumeurs et legendes urbaines (Renard)

187-189

Des hommes, des dieux et des extraterrestres. Ethnologie d 'une croyance moderne (Stoczkowski)

189-193

Back Matter