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Table of Contents
Introouction p.
Chapter 1: The Quest of Worldview: Methodological Insights 8
Chapler 2: Death as an Expression of Worldview: A Multidisciplinary Perspective 34
I. The Pragmatic Context
Chapler 3: The Scene of Life and Death: A Diachronic Sketch
Chapter 4: Community Tradition and the Sea
2. The Symbolic Context 102
Tamed Death 103
Chapter 5: Omens, Lights, Phantom Ships, Ghosts, the "Good Wake" 107
and Tales of Magic
Chaptcr6: "Hard Death:" Personal Experience Narratives 142
and Narrative Songs
One's Own Death 172
Chapter 7: Comfort and Comrol: Ritual and Belief J74
Chapter 8: Fear and Fun: Memorates and Legends, Wake Pranks, 207
Monologues, Comic Songs, Jokes and Anecdotes
Thy Death 229
Chapter 9: Heartbreak: Fetches and Lyrical Songs 233
Chapter 10: Bliss: "Witnesses" and Sentimental Songs 255
Forhic/Llen Death 278
Chapter II: Social Denial and Family Love: The Funeral Home Context, 280
Cemetery Customs and the Death Press
3. The Classical Ballads' Poetic Context 300
Chapler 12: The Sources 301
Chapter 13: Death according to Taleroles 329
Conclusions 354
Works Cited 372
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