The Dæmon in the Wood

image of a live deciduous tree

A Study of Oral Narrative Patterns

by

D. E. Bynum

image of a wooden-hafted axe


Odyssey 24:336-348 [Laertes' orchard]


Contents

List of Illustrations

Prolog

Chapter One:   Hide and Seek

Chapter Two:   Trees and Tricksters

Chapter Three:   Inter Dvos Arbores

Chapter Four:   The Ritual Fallacy

Chapter Five:   Up, Down, All Around, and Who Made The World

Epilog:   About Method and Rationale

Appendix:   Ogres and Cosmotacts

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