Leavy. In Search of the Swan Maiden

Today's free book is In Search of the Swan Maiden: A Narrative on Folklore and Gender by Barbara Fass Leavy (1994). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book from NYU Press is available to read online at the JSTOR Open Access project.



Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 Introduction: The Dangerous Adventure (pp. 11-32)
CHAPTER 2 Urvaśī and the Swan Maidens: The Runaway Wife (pp. 33-63)
CHAPTER 3 The Devil’s Bride (pp. 64-100)
CHAPTER 4 The Animal Groom (pp. 101-155)
CHAPTER 5 Swan Maiden and Incubus (pp. 156-195)
CHAPTER 6 The Animal Bride (pp. 196-244)
CHAPTER 7 Orpheus’s Quest (pp. 245-276)
CHAPTER 8 Etain’s Two Husbands: The Swan Maiden’s Choice (pp. 277-302)