Clodd

Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

• attestation: Clodd has given an abstract of it in his ' Philosophy of Rumpelstiltskin (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter X: Difficulties of the Folklorist)

  "Clodd has given an abstract of it in his ' Philosophy of Rumpelstiltskin.'"

• attestation: Clodd's article on the ' Philosophy of Rumpelstiltskin' (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter X: Difficulties of the Folklorist)

  "Clodd's article on the ' Philosophy of Rumpelstiltskin'.'"

• relationship: Clodd^ puts it, 'Barbaric, Pagan, and Christian folklore is full of examples of the importance of naming and other birth-ceremonies, in the belief that the child's life is at the mercy of evil spirits (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter XI: Folklore Philosophy)

  "Clodd^ puts it, 'Barbaric, Pagan, and Christian folklore is full of examples of the importance of naming and other birth-ceremonies, in the belief that the child's life is at the mercy of evil spirits watching the chance of casting spells upon it, of demons covetous to possess it, and of fairies eager to steal it and leave a "changeling" in its place.'"