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Snakestones” and Stone Thunderbolts as Subjects for Systematic Investigation

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ID8934014
AuthorsWalter W Skeat (corresponding author)
Year1912
Volume23
Issue1
Pages45-80
Publication date1912-03-31
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueFolklore (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0015-587X • E-ISSN: 1469-8315
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0015587x.1912.9719509
OpenAlexW1972537360
LanguageEN
Citations received7

A Glossary of... Whitby, Part ii.(1876), t.v.Thunner-.bolts.Mr. E. Lovett, in the discussion which followed the paper, contended!that stone axes etc. were regarded as thunderbolts because of their cutting edge and belemnites because of their sharp point To this may be added that the* nodules referred to above were, because of their round shape, also taken for cannon balls, and that there was in ancient times an additional reason for the latter idea, because early cannon balls

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Unique citing works7
Citations per year0,12
Citation span1968 - 2026 (59)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 7

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