The Clyde Mystery

The Clyde Mystery

Andrew Lang, scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology (1844-1912)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- PREFACE

-03- THE CLYDE MYSTERY

-04- DR. MUNRO’S BOOK ON THE MYSTER

-05- THE CLYDE CONTROVERSY

-06- DUNBUIE

-07- HOW I CAME INTO THE CONTROVERSY

-08- DUMBUCK

-09- LANGBANK

-10- THE ORIGINAL DATE AND PURPOSE OF DUMBUCK AND LANGBANK

-11- A GUESS AT THE POSSIBLE PURPOSE OF LANGBANK AND DUMBUCK

-12- THE LAST DAY AT OLD DUMBUCK

-13- MY THEORY OF PROVISIONAL DATE

-14- THE DISPUTED OBJECTS

-15- METHOD OF INQUIRY

-16- THE POSSIBLE MEANINGS OF THE MARKS AND OBJECTS

-17- QUESTION OF METHOD CONTINUED

-18- MAGIC

-19- DISPUTED OBJECTS CLASSIFIED

-20- CUP MARKS IN CRANNOGS

-21- PARALLELISM BETWEEN THE DISPUTED OBJECTS

-22- UNMARKED CHARM STONES

-23- QUALITY OF ART ON THE STONES

-24- SURVIVAL OF MAGIC OF STONES

-25- MODERN SURVIVAL OF MAGICAL WOOD CHURINGA

-26- CONCLUSION OF ARGUMENT FROM SURVIVALS IN MAGIC

-27- MY MISADVENTURE WITH THE CHARM STONE

-28- EUROPEAN PARALLELS TO THE DISPUTED OBJECTS

-29- PORTUGUESE AND OTHER STONE PENDANTS

-30- QUESTION AS TO THE OBJECTS AS ORNAMENTS OF THE PERSON

-31- WEAPONS

-32- THE FIGURINES

-33- GROTESQUE HEADS.DISPUTED PORTUGUESE PARALLELS

-34- DISPUTED OBJECTS FROM DUNBUIE

-35- DISPUTABLE AND CERTAINLY FORGED OBJECTS

-36- CONCLUSION

-37- FOOTNOTES