Foreword Sowayan, Saad A.
The Sāfah as a Narrative Genre Ingham, Bruce
Heartbeat: Conventionality and Originality in Najdi Poetry Kurpershoek, Marcel
Debate in the Improvised-Sung Poetry of the Palestinians Sbait, Dirghām H.
The Agricultural Marker Stars in Yemeni Folklore Varisco, Daniel Martin
Bengali Folk Rhymes: An Introduction Shahed, Syed Mohammad
Banana Republics and V. I. Degrees: Rethinking Indian Folklore in a Postcolonial World Narayan, Kirin
Obituary: Mamitua Saber (1922-1992) Ma, Delia Coronel
Review of: Alan Dundes and Carl R. Pagter, Never Try to Teach a Pig to Sing: Still More Urban Folklore from the Paperwork Empire Mayer, David R.
Review of: Ruth-Inge Heinze and others, Shamans in the 20th Century Yamashita Kinichi
Review of: Werner Mezger, Narrenided und Fastnachtsbrauch: Studien zum Fortleben des Mittelalters in der europäischen Festkultur Schwedt, Herbert
Review of: Marilyn F. Nefsky, Stone Houses and Iron Bridges: Tradition and the Place of Women in Contemporary Japan Neuss-Kaneko, Margret
Review of: Hartmut 0.Rotermund, Hōsōgami ou la petite vérole aisément: Matériaux pour l’étude des épidémies dans le Japon des XVIIIe, XIXe siècles Grapard, Allan G.
Review of: Can Xue, Old Floating Cloud: Two Novellas Bauer, Daniel J.
Review of: Yen Ping-Chiu, Chinese Demon Tales: Meanings and Parallels in Oral Tradition Fyler, Jennifer L.
Review of: Norbert R. Adami, Religion und Schamanismus der Ainu auf Sachalin: Ein Beitrag zur histo-rischen Völkerkunde Ostasiens Spevakovsky, Alexandre
Review of: Roberte Hamayon, La chasse à l'âme: Esquisse d'une théorie du chamanisme sibérien Knecht, Peter
Review of: Alf Hiltebeitel, The Cult of Draupadī 2: On Hindu Ritual and the Goddess Podgorski, Frank R.
Review of: Heda Jason, Types of Indic Oral Tales: Supplement Handoo, Lalita
Review of: Paula Richman, Many Rāmāyanas: The Diversity of a Narrative Tradition in South Asia Shahed, Syed Mohammad
Review of: Deborah A. Soifer, The Myths of Narasimha and Vāmana: Two Avatars in Cosmological Perspective Flick, Jr., Hugh M.