Ringgren, Helmer, editor: - Fatalistic Beliefs in Religion, Folklore, and Literature. Papers read at the Symposium on Fatalistic Beliefs...7-9 Sept.,1964

Stockholm, Almqvist & Wiksell, (1967). orig. wrappers. 24x16cm, 186 pp, Series: Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, II.. Slight corner bump, minor rubbing, VG. ¶ Contains 15 papers (13 in English, 2 in German). Includes: Helmer Ringgren "The Problem of Fatalism"; Carl-Martin Edsman "Divine & Demonic Necessity in the Oresteia"; Jan Bergman " ' I Overcome Fate, Fate Harkens to Me' "; Helmer Ringgren "Islamic Fatalism"; Ake V. Strom "Scandinavian Belief in Fate"; Matti Kuusi "Fatalistic Traits in Finnish Proverbs"; Rolf Wilh. Brednich "Die osteuropaische Volkssagen vom vorherbestimmten Schicksal" ; Carl Gustav Diehl "Instances of Belief in Fate in South India"; Gunnar Sjoholm "Observations on the Chinese Ideas of Fate"; Ivar Paulson "Die Schicksalsseele"; Halfdan Siiger "Fate in the Religion of the Lepchas"; Olof Pettersson "Divinity & Destiny in the Religion of Ruanda-Urundi"; Mogens Brondsted "The Transformations of the Concept of Fate in Literature"; K. Rob. V. Wikman "C. Linnaeus' Ideas Concerning Retribution & Fate"; Gustav Henningsen "Fatalism in Systematic Aspect & Fatalism in its Functional Context".