Myth and Ritual in Dance Game and Rhyme Author:Lewis Spence 1947. An attempt to unveil the religious background from which many traditional forms of culture, including folk dance, nursery rhyme and children's games, began and to relate them to a common origin. Contents: religious origin of primitive games; seasonal games and their sources; games associated with traditions; traces of myth and rite in game... more »s; dancing and primitive religion; sources of religious dancing; vestiges of ritual in folk dances; traces of myth and religion in popular rhyme.« less