Toward a Theory of Pre-industrial European Folk Ritual: The Case of Polish Wigilia
This study seeks to examine the popular customs of preindustrial Poland, in particular the festal food customs of the Wigilia supper, the primary ritual of the winter (Christmas) season.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight as a Christmas Poem
The Christmas motif is readily observable in the poem’s externals, particulary in its setting and in the person of the Green Knight.