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Tom Muir - Folklore of the Orkney Islands, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2027

Folklore of the Orkney Islands

Av Tom Muir

Del i serien Folklore

187 kr

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Orkney’s folklore reflects centuries of storytelling shaped by landscape, livelihood, and long‑standing ties to the wider North Atlantic world. This book explores the islanders’ accounts of fairies, hogboons, giants, mermaids, selkies, Finfolk, and other characters that helped people make sense of their surroundings on land and at sea. It also looks at the customs that guided everyday life — from birth and courtship to marriage, death, farming, and fishing — and how these practices offered protection, structure, and meaning. Witchcraft beliefs, trial records, and tales of the Devil reveal how fear, morality, and community pressures intertwined, while annual festivals show how older traditions adapted over time. This is an exploration into how folklore shaped Orkney’s culture and the rhythms of island life.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2027-03-18
  • Mått: 156 x 234 x undefined mm
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Serie: Folklore
  • Förlag: The History Press Ltd
  • ISBN: 9781837053735
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TOM MUIR is a professional storyteller who was born in the Orkney Islands on a farm by the sea. In 2025 he was awarded an MBE in the New Year’s Honours list ‘for services to Orkney folk tales’. He has worked in the field of archaeology and at the Orkney Museum, and appears on TV, radio and magazines.

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‘Fairy tales and legends, magical creatures and enchanted places, also the everyday practices, customs and beliefs surrounding the stages of life, farming, fishing, weather, and the cycle of the year, folk medicine and beliefs in charms, rituals and witchcraft. Muir’s vast and intimate knowledge of Orkney’s folklore gives his work a richness that leaves the reader with the feeling of having been privileged with a true insider’s view. Folklore of the Orkney Islands will definitely join my go-to pile of frequently consulted books.’

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