Russian legends about forest spirits in the context of northern European mythology
Torsten Martin Gustaf Lofstedt, University of California, Berkeley (Degree granting institution)
This study of the development of legends about forest spirits and related supernatural beings has two main goals. The first is methodological; I strive to explain the structure and formation of legends and thereby show how to best study folkloric characters. The second objective is to provide a detailed description of northern European legends dealing with forest spirits
Thesis, Dissertation, English, 1993