Wilhelm Mannhardt
Wilhelm Mannhardt | |
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Danzig, Germany | |
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Wilhelm Mannhardt (March 26, 1831,
Early life
Mannhardt was born in Friedrichstadt and raised in Danzig by a Mennonite preacher; his interest in folklore and mythology was sparked by reading Jakob Grimm’s Deutsche Mythologie[2] and Jung-Stilling’s autobiography.[3]
Career
He studied German language and literature at Tübingen and received a doctorate in 1854; the following year he became editor of the Zeitschrift für deutsche Mythologie und Sittenkunde journal.[4]
In 1865, he began to collect information on agrarian traditions, rituals and superstitions by sending out 150,000 questionnaires to clergymen, teachers, colleagues, and farmers’ associations in several languages.[2][4]
Later life
Due to ill health, he spent the last 17 years of his life as a librarian at the Danzig municipal library.[2]
His manuscripts are held at the Berlin University Library.[3]
Works
- De nominibus germanorum propriis quae ad regnum referuntur observationis specimen (1857)
- Germanische Mythen: Forschungen (1858)
- Die Götterwelt der deutschen und nordischen Völker (1860)
- Roggenwolf und Roggenhund (1865)
- Die Korndämonen (1868)
- Letto-Preussische Götterlehre (1870)
- Wald- und Feldkulte. Band 1: Der Baumkultus der Germanen und ihrer Nachbarstämme: mythologische Untersuchungen (1875 - reprint)
- Wald- und Feldkulte. Band 2: Antike Wald- und Feldkulte aus nordeuropäischer Überlieferung erläutert (1877 - reprint)
- Klytia (1875)
- Gedichte. Mit einer Lebenskizze des Dichters. [Edited by L. and G. Mannhardt.] (1881)
- Mythologische Forschungen (1884)
See also
References
- ^ Rosa, Frederico Delgado, 2018. « Avant Le Rameau d’Or : biographie de Wilhelm Mannhardt, précurseur oublié de James Frazer » in Bérose, Encyclopédie en ligne sur l’histoire de l’anthropologie et des savoirs ethnographiques, Paris, IIAC-LAHIC, UMR 8177.
- ^ a b c Encyclopedia of Romantic Nationalism in Europe website, Wilhelm Mannhardt
- ^ a b Deutsche Biographie website, Mannhardt, Johann Wilhelm
- ^ a b Encyclopedia.com website, Wilhelm Mannhardt
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