The Folk-Lore Journal (Volume 3)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885. Excerpt: ... Vol. III. Part III. JULY to SEPTEMBER 1885. THE FOLK-LORE JOURNAL, CONTAINING--TUK FORBIDDEN CHAMBER. By E. Sidney Hartland. FOLK-TALES OF INDIA. By the Rev. Dr. Richard Mokris. IRISH STORY FROM COUNTY KERRY. By the Honourable J. AUEUCBOMBIE. THE SCIENCE OF FOLK-LORE. By Miss Charlotte S. Buene. SOME FOLK-TALES AND WORD JINGLES FROM ABERDEEN AND BANFF SHIRES. By the Rev. Walter Gregoii. DONEGAL FOLK-LORE. By G. H. Kwahan. NOTE8 AND QUERIES. NOTICES AND NEWS. LONDON: PUBLISHED FOR THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY 'BY ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW. 1885. Prise Five Shillings. Issued to Members Free of Charge. PUBLICATIONS OF THE FOLK-LOBE SOCIETY. THE FORBIDDEN CHAMBER. By E. Sidney Hautlanu. T is a peculiarity of Fairyland, says Mr. Clouston in a note to his useful edition of The Book of Sindibad, that there are certain rooms which the fortunate mortal who has entered the enchanted palace is expressly forbidden to enter, or doors which he must on no account open, or cabinets which he must not unlock, if he would continue in his present state of felicity. It is the object of the following pages, and of the tables appended, to gather together some of the stories presenting this prohibition and to attempt a rough classification of them. I divide them into the following types, distinguished in each case by the name of the most characteristic variant, viz.: --1. Bluebeard. 2. The Dead Hand, with its sub-genus of The Robber Chief. 3. Mary's Child. 4. The Faithless Sister. 5. Marya Morevna. C. The Teacher and his Scholar, with its sub-genus of Scabby John. 7. The Third Royal Mendicant. Of these the first four display feminine curiosity and its consequences, while the rest deal with the same vice in the male sex. The myth of the Forbidden Chamber is one of a large clas...