The collection at hand, the fifth volume in the "Folklore Research Center" series, attempts to cover a wide cultural sphere: England. The articles, naturally, represent different aspects of the subject, but although each study is firmly anchored in a specific area of research, together they form a whole. Photos added.

This volume is somewhat innovative in that, while, covering one subject, it draws upon different and diversified cultural areas. Four papers are devoted to Israel Muslims and others examine the problems of reciprocity in marriage among Jewish and non-Jewish residents of Muslim countries. In addition, these articles which deal with previously unexamined topics such as the story motif of the hero doomed to die on his wedding day and the motif of marriage between man and monster. Papers are also presented on ethnomusicology and sociology.