Edmund Veckenstedt
Edmund Veckenstedt (born January 7, 1840 in Vehlitz ; † February 7, 1903 ) was a German educator , historian , ethnologist and author .
Life
Veckenstedt worked as a teacher in Cottbus and from 1879 to 1882 as a professor of ancient languages and literature at the Nicolai-Gymnasium in Libau . As an author, he published several works. He published some of his works under the pseudonym Heinrich Veltheim . In 1883 he left school and devoted himself to folkloric and ethnological publication activities in Leipzig. From 1884 he was editor-in-chief of the journal Von nah und Fern and in 1889 he founded the Zeitschrift für Volkskunde .
Works (selection)
- Regia potestas quae fuerit apud Homerum , Diss. Halle 1867
- The Apollo of Belvedere , Cottbus 1870
- The Wendish folk tales of Niederlausitz , in: Negotiations of the Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory 1877, pp. 93–111. * The Wendenkönig and the Boža-łosć , in: ibid . 1878, pp. 162–182. * Wendish legends, fairy tales and superstitious customs , Graz 1880
- The history of the Gil Blas question , Berlin 1880.
- Ganymedes , Libau 1882.
- The myths, sagas and legends of the Žamaites (Lithuanians), 2 vols., Heidelberg 1883.
- Twenty-five years at sea. Diary of the captain (Waterschout) JF Inge zu Libau , Leipzig 1885.
- Pumphut, a cultural demon of the Germans, Wends, Lithuanians and Žamaites , Leipzig 1885.
- Sztukoris, Till Eulenspiegel of the Lithuanians and Žamaites, and Schut Fomka, his Russian counterpart , Leipzig 1885.
- History of Greek color theory , Paderborn 1888 (ND Hildesheim 1973). (Ed.),
- Journal of Folklore , Vol. 1–4, Leipzig 1888–1892.
- La musique et la danse dans les traditions des Lithuania, des Allemands et des Grecs , Paris 1889.
- Paradise and the trees of paradise, as well as their alleged counterparts among the Chaldeans, Persians, Indians, Greeks, North Germans and North Germans according to religion, mythology, meteorology, natural science and popular belief , Halle 1896.
Web links
Wikisource: Edmund Veckenstedt - Sources and full texts
- Literature by and about Edmund Veckenstedt in the catalog of the German National Library
- Saxon biography : Veckenstedt Albert Edmund (pseudonym: Heinrich Veltheim)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Veckenstedt, Edmund |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Veltheim, Heinrich (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pedagogue, ethnologist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 7, 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vehlitz , Germany |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 7, 1903 |
| Place of death | Germany |