Simon Young, ‘the foremost chronicler of Britain’s fairies’, teaches at the University of California (Accent), Florence. He has published The Boggart: Folklore, Place-Names, History and Dialect (2023) with UEP and The Nail in the Skull and other Victorian Urban Legends with Mississippi, which was awarded the 2023 Brian McConnell Book Award.Davide Ermacora earned his PhD in Anthropology at the University of Turin, Italy, and at Lumière University Lyon 2 in France. His research interests include the history of religions, supernatural belief systems, and traditional and contemporary legends. His first book, Monstrous Animal Siblings in Europe: From the Frater salernitanorum to the sooterkin, was published in 2022 in the Boletín de Literatura Oral series.

...fascinating reading... These essays help us to understand the wider context both of human experience of supernatural societies, and those societies themselves, and are a valuable addition to Exeter’s growing catalogue of folklore titles.

• 1. Introducing the Social Supernatural Simon Young and Davide Ermacora DOI: 10.47788/NIFG13352. Ireland: The Tribes of the Gods and the People of the Hills John Carey DOI: 10.47788/OFEV88363. The Isle of Man: ‘They Call Them the Good People’ Stephen Miller DOI: 10.47788/YFYX81754. England: Small Fairies Are Beautiful Fairies Jeremy Harte DOI: 10.47788/ULSI64095. Iceland: The Elves of Strandir Matthias Egeler DOI: 10.47788/MOTK28526. Scandinavia: My Neighbour the Troll Tommy Kuusela DOI: 10.47788/LHEL25337. The Netherlands: Witte Wieven and Other White Apparitions Yseult de Blécourt DOI: 10.47788/YXVN85158. Iberia: Moors, Gentiles and Encantadas José Manuel Pedrosa DOI: 10.47788/HUME16219. France: Humanlike Societies and Spaces among the Fées Andrea Maraschi DOI: 10.47788/WYMP242010. German-Speaking Europe: Moosweiblein, Wichtel and Nixen Janin Pisarek and Florian Schaefer DOI: 10.47788/ZCJG852011. Hungarians: Heavenly and Earthly Fairy Societies Éva Pócs DOI: 10.47788/JVJT281312. Western Balkans: ‘A Vila Like a Vila’ Dorian Jurić DOI: 10.47788/DDHP232713. Greece (and Italy): The Nereids, ‘Those from Outside’ Tommaso Braccini DOI: 10.47788/NGJH274314. The Balts: Laume.s and Laime.s Francis Young and Saulė Kubiliūtė DOI: 10.47788/HYYU563215. Ukraine: Courtship Rituals and Legends of the Bohyni Natalie Kononenko DOI: 10.47788/UMXX7077

Simon Young, ‘the foremost chronicler of Britain’s fairies’, teaches at the University of California (Accent), Florence. He has published The Boggart: Folklore, Place-Names, History and Dialect (2023) with UEP and The Nail in the Skull and other Victorian Urban Legends with Mississippi, which was awarded the 2023 Brian McConnell Book Award.Davide Ermacora earned his PhD in Anthropology at the University of Turin, Italy, and at Lumière University Lyon 2 in France. His research interests include the history of religions, supernatural belief systems, and traditional and contemporary legends. His first book, Monstrous Animal Siblings in Europe: From the Frater salernitanorum to the sooterkin, was published in 2022 in the Boletín de Literatura Oral series.

...fascinating reading... These essays help us to understand the wider context both of human experience of supernatural societies, and those societies themselves, and are a valuable addition to Exeter’s growing catalogue of folklore titles.

• 1. Introducing the Social Supernatural Simon Young and Davide Ermacora DOI: 10.47788/NIFG13352. Ireland: The Tribes of the Gods and the People of the Hills John Carey DOI: 10.47788/OFEV88363. The Isle of Man: ‘They Call Them the Good People’ Stephen Miller DOI: 10.47788/YFYX81754. England: Small Fairies Are Beautiful Fairies Jeremy Harte DOI: 10.47788/ULSI64095. Iceland: The Elves of Strandir Matthias Egeler DOI: 10.47788/MOTK28526. Scandinavia: My Neighbour the Troll Tommy Kuusela DOI: 10.47788/LHEL25337. The Netherlands: Witte Wieven and Other White Apparitions Yseult de Blécourt DOI: 10.47788/YXVN85158. Iberia: Moors, Gentiles and Encantadas José Manuel Pedrosa DOI: 10.47788/HUME16219. France: Humanlike Societies and Spaces among the Fées Andrea Maraschi DOI: 10.47788/WYMP242010. German-Speaking Europe: Moosweiblein, Wichtel and Nixen Janin Pisarek and Florian Schaefer DOI: 10.47788/ZCJG852011. Hungarians: Heavenly and Earthly Fairy Societies Éva Pócs DOI: 10.47788/JVJT281312. Western Balkans: ‘A Vila Like a Vila’ Dorian Jurić DOI: 10.47788/DDHP232713. Greece (and Italy): The Nereids, ‘Those from Outside’ Tommaso Braccini DOI: 10.47788/NGJH274314. The Balts: Laume.s and Laime.s Francis Young and Saulė Kubiliūtė DOI: 10.47788/HYYU563215. Ukraine: Courtship Rituals and Legends of the Bohyni Natalie Kononenko DOI: 10.47788/UMXX7077

Simon Young, ‘the foremost chronicler of Britain’s fairies’, teaches at the University of California (Accent), Florence. He has published The Boggart: Folklore, Place-Names, History and Dialect (2023) with UEP and The Nail in the Skull and other Victorian Urban Legends with Mississippi, which was awarded the 2023 Brian McConnell Book Award.Davide Ermacora earned his PhD in Anthropology at the University of Turin, Italy, and at Lumière University Lyon 2 in France. His research interests include the history of religions, supernatural belief systems, and traditional and contemporary legends. His first book, Monstrous Animal Siblings in Europe: From the Frater salernitanorum to the sooterkin, was published in 2022 in the Boletín de Literatura Oral series.

...fascinating reading... These essays help us to understand the wider context both of human experience of supernatural societies, and those societies themselves, and are a valuable addition to Exeter’s growing catalogue of folklore titles.

• 1. Introducing the Social Supernatural Simon Young and Davide Ermacora DOI: 10.47788/NIFG13352. Ireland: The Tribes of the Gods and the People of the Hills John Carey DOI: 10.47788/OFEV88363. The Isle of Man: ‘They Call Them the Good People’ Stephen Miller DOI: 10.47788/YFYX81754. England: Small Fairies Are Beautiful Fairies Jeremy Harte DOI: 10.47788/ULSI64095. Iceland: The Elves of Strandir Matthias Egeler DOI: 10.47788/MOTK28526. Scandinavia: My Neighbour the Troll Tommy Kuusela DOI: 10.47788/LHEL25337. The Netherlands: Witte Wieven and Other White Apparitions Yseult de Blécourt DOI: 10.47788/YXVN85158. Iberia: Moors, Gentiles and Encantadas José Manuel Pedrosa DOI: 10.47788/HUME16219. France: Humanlike Societies and Spaces among the Fées Andrea Maraschi DOI: 10.47788/WYMP242010. German-Speaking Europe: Moosweiblein, Wichtel and Nixen Janin Pisarek and Florian Schaefer DOI: 10.47788/ZCJG852011. Hungarians: Heavenly and Earthly Fairy Societies Éva Pócs DOI: 10.47788/JVJT281312. Western Balkans: ‘A Vila Like a Vila’ Dorian Jurić DOI: 10.47788/DDHP232713. Greece (and Italy): The Nereids, ‘Those from Outside’ Tommaso Braccini DOI: 10.47788/NGJH274314. The Balts: Laume.s and Laime.s Francis Young and Saulė Kubiliūtė DOI: 10.47788/HYYU563215. Ukraine: Courtship Rituals and Legends of the Bohyni Natalie Kononenko DOI: 10.47788/UMXX7077