The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore. Andrew Lang

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664568113

      Table of Contents

       PREFACE

       ILLUSTRATIONS

       I—THE CLYDE MYSTERY

       II—DR. MUNRO’S BOOK ON THE MYSTERY

       III—THE CLYDE CONTROVERSY

       IV—DUNBUIE

       V—HOW I CAME INTO THE CONTROVERSY

       VI—DUMBUCK

       VII—LANGBANK

       VIII—THE ORIGINAL DATE AND PURPOSE OF DUMBUCK AND LANGBANK

       IX—A GUESS AT THE POSSIBLE PURPOSE OF LANGBANK AND DUMBUCK

       X—THE LAST DAY AT OLD DUMBUCK

       XI—MY THEORY OF PROVISIONAL DATE

       XII—THE DISPUTED OBJECTS

       XIII—METHOD OF INQUIRY

       XIV—THE POSSIBLE MEANINGS OF THE MARKS AND OBJECTS

       XV—QUESTION OF METHOD CONTINUED

       XVI—MAGIC

       XVII—DISPUTED OBJECTS CLASSIFIED

       XVIII—CUP MARKS IN CRANNOGS

       XIX—PARALLELISM BETWEEN THE DISPUTED OBJECTS AND OTHER OBJECTS ELSEWHERE

       XX—UNMARKED CHARM STONES

       XXI—QUALITY OF ART ON THE STONES

       XXII—SURVIVAL OF MAGIC OF STONES

       XXIII—MODERN SURVIVAL OF MAGICAL WOOD CHURINGA

       XXIV—CONCLUSION OF ARGUMENT FROM SURVIVALS IN MAGIC

       XXV—MY MISADVENTURE WITH THE CHARM STONE

       XXVI—EUROPEAN PARALLELS TO THE DISPUTED OBJECTS

       XXVII—PORTUGUESE AND OTHER STONE PENDANTS

       XXVIII—QUESTION AS TO THE OBJECTS AS ORNAMENTS OF THE PERSON

       XXIX—WEAPONS

       XXX—THE FIGURINES

       XXXI—GROTESQUE HEADS. DISPUTED PORTUGUESE PARALLELS

       XXXII—DISPUTED OBJECTS FROM DUNBUIE

       XXXIII—DISPUTABLE AND CERTAINLY FORGED OBJECTS

       XXXIV—CONCLUSION