This Lesson enables you to to read about folklore
in relation to other disciplines.
Folklore and other disciplines such as Linquistics,
Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Geology and History are studied
in the six central units of the lesson.
Inter-disciplinary study of folklore and other scholastic
disciplines is likely to present new vistas of human life, fact
or thought.
Linguistic theories are very important for the study
of folklore. From Philology to Lingustics the linguistic universals
provide a model for research in this branch. Oral ballads exhibit
the linguistic ablities of singing.
Folklore and Psychology adopt Freudian approach to
this study through conscious, sub-conscious and unconscious methods.
Freudian psychology enabled people to understand the meanings in
depth of all forms of ballads.
Complex attitudes in the social relations can be studied
through great and little traditions of the society. Casteism, and
heirship are important considerations in this respect.
Folklore and Geology focus on fossils as evidenced
in historical ballads such as Ramapayyan and Kattapomman Kathaipaadalkal.
