Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

The vanishing hitchhiker

American Urban Legends and Their Meanings

by Jan Harold Brunvand

First published:
20th century
Language: English

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Description from Open Library

We are not aware of our own folklore any more than we are of the grammatical rules of our language. We are not aware of our own folklore anymore than we are of the grammatical rules of our language.

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends
Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary matched “Folklore” and “Legends”. Retained metadata contains “Legends” in the subtitle, “Folklore” in the description, “Folklore” in the subject metadata, and 2 additional metadata match(es).
- “Folklore”· via Open Library
- “Legends”· via Open Library
- “Legends”· in subtitle
- “Folklore”· in description
- “Folklore”· in subject
- “Legends”· in subject

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Edition	Date	Publisher	Language	ISBN	Access	Links
American Urban Legends and Their Meanings Open Library record	February 1989	W. W. Norton & Company	English	9780393951691 0393951693	Print-disabled access	Open Library (opens in a new tab)