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.
The reverend T.F. Thiselton-Dyer (1843-1928)
apparently wrote several other folkore compilations
and monographs on botanical subjects.
Thanks to Eliza Fegley from
sacredspiral.com for doing the
proofing on this etext and donating it to sacred-texts!
