Folklore and Symbolism of Green

Bibliographic Data

ID8932449
AuthorsJ B Hutchings (0009-0006-4802-4601, The Folklore Society, corresponding author), John Hutchings (The Folklore Society)
Year1997
Volume108
Issue1-2
Pages55-63
Publication date1997-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueFolklore (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0015-587X • E-ISSN: 1469-8315
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0015587x.1997.9715937
OpenAlexW1983079529
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited25

Colour is not a quality of an object, but a perception. As such, it can symbolise anything we want it to symbolise. This paper reports the results of a survey of the use of colour in folklore and tradition supported by the Folklore Society and the Colour Group (GB). Drawing attention to the diversity of colour symbolism worldwide, it posits two basic principles, the Principle of Adaptation of Ideas and the Principle of Singularity, to account for apparently contradictory usages

Adaptation (eye · Aesthetics · Art · Diversity (politics · Epistemology · Folklore · Linguistics · Literature · Object (grammar · Perception · Quality (philosophy · Sociology · Anthropology · Culinary Culture and Tourism · History · Philosophy · Psychology

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