Crossroads of Resonance: Echoes of Resistance in African-American Folklore and Bengali Mysticism

The Liminal Spaces: The Delta Crossroads and the Turbulent River

In all of African American blues folklore there is no symbol as important as the crossroads. The story of Robert Johnson selling his soul to the Devil at the intersection of Highways 61 and 49 in Clarksdale, Mississippi, at midnight for his amazing guitar playing ability has become one of America's most famous myths (Dorson, 1983).