Alex Scobie
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 710534 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Alex Scobie |
| NOMBRES | Alex |
| APELLIDO | Scobie |
| FIRMA | SCOBIE A |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 10 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 10 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1975 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1992 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Hitler's State Architecture
Slums, Sanitation, and Mortality in the Roman World
Apuleius and Folklore
Apuleius and Folklore
Strigiform Witches in Roman and Other Cultures
The Origins of ‘Centaurs’
T HE possible origins of the ancient Greek horse-human hybrid 'centaur' have taxed the learning and ingenuity of many scholars who have approached the problem of this monster's genesis from various angles. Paul Kretschmer, 'Mythische Namen', Glotta, 10 (1920), pp. 50-8, 211-12, offered an etymological explanation of Ktvrcvpa; according to which the word means 'Wasserpeitscher' (water-whipper). According to this explanation 'centaurs' were origina…
A Further note on Pygmies and Cranes in North America
THE purpose of this brief note is to relate some points I made in an earlier discussion of this subject' to R. Dangel's 'Der Kampf der Kraniche mit den Pygmaen bei den Indianern Nordamerikas' in Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni, 7 (1931), 128-35. A footnote referring to this article was accidentally omitted from my discussion when it was printed. Dangel briefly discussed variants of the Pygmy tale among the following North American Ind…
A Korean Midas Tale
N 1911 W. Crooke published in this journal (Vol. 22, pp. 181-202) a comparative study entitled 'King Midas and his Ass's Ears'. His collection formed the basis of R. Lehmann-Nitsche's article 'Konig Midas hat Eselsohren', Zeitschrift fur Ethnologie, 67 (1936), pp. 281-303, where twentyeight versions of the tale were recorded. Three more tales from the Balkan area were added by M. Vasmer in his 'Konig Trojan mit den Ziegenohren', Zeitschrift fur V…
An Ancient Greek Drakos-Tale in Apuleius' Metamorphoses VIII, 19-21
The Battle of the Pygmies and the Cranes in Chinese, Arab, and North American Indian Sources
aroused the interest of European scholars towards the end of the nineteenth century when explorers such as Schweinfurth, Stanley, and others2 were making discoveries in equatorial Africa which conclusively confirmed Aristotle's3 unwavering belief that Pygmies did really exist to the South of Egypt. The aim of this paper is not to present yet another review of the geranomachy in Graeco-Roman literature and art, since there is little new to add to …
Strigiform Witches in Roman and Other Cultures
Apuleius and Folklore
The Battle of the Pygmies and the Cranes in Chinese, Arab, and North American Indian Sources
aroused the interest of European scholars towards the end of the nineteenth century when explorers such as Schweinfurth, Stanley, and others2 were making discoveries in equatorial Africa which conclusively confirmed Aristotle's3 unwavering belief that Pygmies did really exist to the South of Egypt. The aim of this paper is not to present yet another review of the geranomachy in Graeco-Roman literature and art, since there is little new to add to …
Apuleius and Folklore
A Further note on Pygmies and Cranes in North America
THE purpose of this brief note is to relate some points I made in an earlier discussion of this subject' to R. Dangel's 'Der Kampf der Kraniche mit den Pygmaen bei den Indianern Nordamerikas' in Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni, 7 (1931), 128-35. A footnote referring to this article was accidentally omitted from my discussion when it was printed. Dangel briefly discussed variants of the Pygmy tale among the following North American Ind…
The Battle of the Pygmies and the Cranes in Chinese, Arab, and North American Indian Sources
aroused the interest of European scholars towards the end of the nineteenth century when explorers such as Schweinfurth, Stanley, and others2 were making discoveries in equatorial Africa which conclusively confirmed Aristotle's3 unwavering belief that Pygmies did really exist to the South of Egypt. The aim of this paper is not to present yet another review of the geranomachy in Graeco-Roman literature and art, since there is little new to add to …
A Further note on Pygmies and Cranes in North America
THE purpose of this brief note is to relate some points I made in an earlier discussion of this subject' to R. Dangel's 'Der Kampf der Kraniche mit den Pygmaen bei den Indianern Nordamerikas' in Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni, 7 (1931), 128-35. A footnote referring to this article was accidentally omitted from my discussion when it was printed. Dangel briefly discussed variants of the Pygmy tale among the following North American Ind…
A Korean Midas Tale
N 1911 W. Crooke published in this journal (Vol. 22, pp. 181-202) a comparative study entitled 'King Midas and his Ass's Ears'. His collection formed the basis of R. Lehmann-Nitsche's article 'Konig Midas hat Eselsohren', Zeitschrift fur Ethnologie, 67 (1936), pp. 281-303, where twentyeight versions of the tale were recorded. Three more tales from the Balkan area were added by M. Vasmer in his 'Konig Trojan mit den Ziegenohren', Zeitschrift fur V…
An Ancient Greek Drakos-Tale in Apuleius' Metamorphoses VIII, 19-21
Strigiform Witches in Roman and Other Cultures
The Origins of ‘Centaurs’
T HE possible origins of the ancient Greek horse-human hybrid 'centaur' have taxed the learning and ingenuity of many scholars who have approached the problem of this monster's genesis from various angles. Paul Kretschmer, 'Mythische Namen', Glotta, 10 (1920), pp. 50-8, 211-12, offered an etymological explanation of Ktvrcvpa; according to which the word means 'Wasserpeitscher' (water-whipper). According to this explanation 'centaurs' were origina…
Apuleius and Folklore
Apuleius and Folklore
Slums, Sanitation, and Mortality in the Roman World
Hitler's State Architecture
History (10 obras) · History (8 obras) · Ancient history (6 obras) · Art (5 obras) · Classical Antiquity Studies (5 obras) · Literature (4 obras) · Archaeology (2 obras) · Classics (2 obras) · Classics (2 obras) · Folklore (2 obras)