Folk-Lore of Women

Folk-Lore of Women

by

Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer

Folklore of misogny would probably be a better title for this book. Replete with Victorian stereotypes of women, this book draws on many different traditions from around the world to portray women as simultaneously the 'weaker sex' and the source of all evil. Missing or scarce here are women's voices or traditions. However, this work is an essential starting point if you want to enumerate traditional male attitudes about women.

Table of Contents

Preface

01. Woman's Characteristics

02. Woman's Beauty

03. Woman's Dress

04. Woman's Eyes

05. Woman's Tongue

06. Woman's Goodness

07. Bad Women

08. Woman's Love

09. Woman's Hate

10. Love Tests

11. Woman's Secrets

12. Red-Haired Girls

13. Woman's Fickleness

14. Local Allusions to Women

15. Woman's Will

16. Women and Marriage

17. Women as Wives

18. Young and Old Maids

19. Widows

20. Woman's Curiosity

21. Sister Legends

22. Brides and Their Maids

23. Superstitions About Women

24. Woman's Tears

25. Woman's Blushes

26. Daughters

27. My Lady's Walk