His works include anthologies of tales, and theories on anthropology and mythology with an ethnological perspective.
He believed that the assembling and study of persistent and widespread folklore provided a scientific insight into custom and belief.
[1] Hartland was born in Islington, eventually making his career as a solicitor in Swansea.
Throughout his life he served in many judicial positions and on public committees in Swansea and at Gloucester, and took a particular interest in education.
[2] Media related to Edwin Sidney Hartland at Wikimedia Commons