A Lost Track: On the Unconscious in Folklore

In this article Jeggle describes the opportunities that may have been lost for exploring the bridges between folkloristic and psychoanalytic scholarship. Using examples from folk belief and dreams, from the realm of mental illness and oracle interpretation, as well as from instances of forgetting and forms of appropriation, Jeggle seeks underlying linkages connecting the internal to the external world. Outlining interpretive paths largely left untrodden in German folklore scholarship, Jeggle suggests openings for further research.