Exeter New Approaches to Legend, Folklore and Popular Belief – serie
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Folklore of Cornwall
The Oral Tradition of a Celtic Nation
Inbunden, 2019
676 kr
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By considering the folklore of Cornwall in a Northern European context, this book casts light on a treasury of often-ignored traditions. Folklore studies internationally have long considered Celtic material, but scholars have tended to overlook Cornwall’s collections. The Folklore of Cornwall fills …
Folklore of Cornwall
The Oral Tradition of a Celtic Nation
Häftad, 2022
312 kr
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By considering the folklore of Cornwall in a Northern European context, this book casts light on a treasury of often-ignored traditions. Folklore studies internationally have long considered Celtic material, but scholars have tended to overlook Cornwall’s collections. The Folklore of Cornwall fills …
Fairy Encounters in Medieval England
Landscape, Folklore and the Supernatural
Av Jeremy Harte
Inbunden, 2024
1337 kr
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What is it like to meet a being from another world? This book collects testimony from eight hundred years of witnesses baffled by the supernatural breaking into their lives. Close reading of miracle collections, chronicles, saints’ lives and sermons shows how they depended on first-hand vernacular …
Exeter Companion to Fairies, Nereids, Trolls and other Social Supernatural Beings
European Traditions
Av Simon Young, Davide Ermacora
Inbunden, 2024
1410 kr
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Fairies, elves, and other magical beings… they’re so much more than just children’s tales.For centuries, Europeans believed in a parallel supernatural realm inhabited by these beings who lived much like humans in their own communities. This ‘social supernatural’ world mirrored ours with troll …
Paganism Persisting
A History of European Paganisms since Antiquity
Av Robin Douglas, Francis Young
Inbunden, 2024
1290 kr
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Paganism in Europe was not defeated by Christianity: it never went away. From the fourth century to the twentieth, against the background of a largely Christian culture, people repeatedly attempted to revive various kinds of pre-Christian religion – beliefs and practices that we have come to label …
Green Children of Woolpit
Chronicles, Fairies and Facts in Medieval England
Av John Clark
Inbunden, 2024
1290 kr
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Shortlisted by The Folklore Society for The Katharine Briggs Award 2025.Two medieval chroniclers, William of Newburgh and Ralph of Coggeshall, reported the mysterious appearance of a pair of ‘Green Children’—with green skins and speaking an unknown language—in the Suffolk village of Woolpit in the …
Boggart
Folklore, History, Place-names and Dialect
Av Simon Young
Häftad, 2025
300 kr
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Honourable mention for The American Folklore Society's Wayland D. Hand Prize for outstanding book combining historical and folkloristic methods and materials.Runner up for The Folklore Society's 2022 Katherine Briggs Award for most distinguished contribution to folklore studies.The little-studied …
Exeter Companion to Changeling Lore
The West Eurasian and Mediterranean Tradition
Av Davide Ermacora, Simon Young
Inbunden, 2025
1484 kr
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For centuries, people across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East believed that supernatural beings—fairies, jinn, trolls, or demons—could steal a human child and leave a lookalike in its place. These stories offer fascinating insights into how different cultures made sense of disability, …
Exeter Companion to Fairies, Nereids, Trolls and other Social Supernatural Beings
European Traditions
Av Simon Young, Davide Ermacora
Häftad, 2026
442 kr
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Fairies, elves, and other magical beings… they’re so much more than just children’s tales.For centuries, Europeans believed in a parallel supernatural realm inhabited by these beings who lived much like humans in their own communities. This ‘social supernatural’ world mirrored ours with troll …
Green Children of Woolpit
Chronicles, Fairies and Facts in Medieval England
Av John Clark
Häftad, 2026
428 kr
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Shortlisted by The Folklore Society for The Katharine Briggs Award 2025.Two medieval chroniclers, William of Newburgh and Ralph of Coggeshall, reported the mysterious appearance of a pair of ‘Green Children’—with green skins and speaking an unknown language—in the Suffolk village of Woolpit in the …
Fairy Encounters in Medieval England
Landscape, Folklore and the Supernatural
Av Jeremy Harte
Häftad, 2026
322 kr
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What is it like to meet a being from another world? This book collects testimony from eight hundred years of witnesses baffled by the supernatural breaking into their lives. Close reading of miracle collections, chronicles, saints’ lives and sermons shows how they depended on first-hand vernacular …
Paganism Persisting
A History of European Paganisms since Antiquity
Av Robin Douglas, Francis Young
Häftad, 2026
313 kr
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Paganism in Europe was not defeated by Christianity: it never went away. From the fourth century to the twentieth, against the background of a largely Christian culture, people repeatedly attempted to revive various kinds of pre-Christian religion – beliefs and practices that we have come to label …
History of Cornish Tradition
A Folkloric Journey
Inbunden, 2026
1308 kr
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Cornish folklore is a vibrant tapestry, ever-changing yet deeply rooted in the past. The History of Cornish Tradition: A Folkloric Journey examines the rich tradition of the West Country, providing a definitive historical analysis of how the region’s legends, language, and customs have transformed …
Boggart
Folklore, History, Place-names and Dialect
Av Simon Young
Inbunden, 2022
720 kr
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Honourable mention for The American Folklore Society's Wayland D. Hand Prize for outstanding book combining historical and folkloristic methods and materials.Runner up for The Folklore Society's 2022 Katherine Briggs Award for most distinguished contribution to folklore studies.The little-studied …
Boggart Sourcebook
Texts and Memories for the Study of the British Supernatural
Av Simon Young
Inbunden, 2022
728 kr
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Comprising three parts, this book is a companion volume to The Boggart: Folklore, History, Place-Names and Dialect. Part one, ‘Boggart Ephemera’, is a selection of about 40,000 words of nineteenth-century boggart writing (particularly material that is difficult to find in libraries). Part two …
Banshee
The Irish Supernatural Death-Messenger
Inbunden, 2026
1441 kr
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The banshee is the legendary herald of death in Ireland. This book explores the social contexts and functions of belief pertaining to this remarkable creature of the folk imagination. Through a thorough analysis of folklore sources, a comprehensive picture of the banshee emerges. Many issues …
