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Studies in English and Scandinavian folklore : selected articles from Folklore presented to the author for her 80th birthday / edited by Patricia Lysaght and James Grayson.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : The Folklore Society, 2012.Description: 290 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780957226609
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Contents:
Folklore in folklore : trends since 1959 / Terry Gunnell -- Update : folklorists and anthropologists -- Seeking the lore of the land -- The miller's tomb : facts, gossip, and legend -- Legends of Chanctonbury ring -- Sussex local legends -- Fifty British dragon tales : an analysis -- 'Be bold, but not too bold' : female courage in some British and Scandinavian legends -- "The weird sisters wandering" : burlesque witchery in Montgomerie's flyting -- The function of folklore in 'Jane Eyre' and Wuthering Heights -- "The rules of folklore" in the ghost stories of M.R. James -- On the ambiguity of elves -- Repentant sould or walking corpse? : Debatable apparitions in medieval England -- Otherworld adventures in an Icelandic saga -- some scandinavian sacrifices -- Margaret Murray : who believed her, and why? --Witches and witchbusters -- Nixon's prophecies in their historical setting.
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Folklore in folklore : trends since 1959 / Terry Gunnell -- Update : folklorists and anthropologists -- Seeking the lore of the land -- The miller's tomb : facts, gossip, and legend -- Legends of Chanctonbury ring -- Sussex local legends -- Fifty British dragon tales : an analysis -- 'Be bold, but not too bold' : female courage in some British and Scandinavian legends -- "The weird sisters wandering" : burlesque witchery in Montgomerie's flyting -- The function of folklore in 'Jane Eyre' and Wuthering Heights -- "The rules of folklore" in the ghost stories of M.R. James -- On the ambiguity of elves -- Repentant sould or walking corpse? : Debatable apparitions in medieval England -- Otherworld adventures in an Icelandic saga -- some scandinavian sacrifices -- Margaret Murray : who believed her, and why? --Witches and witchbusters -- Nixon's prophecies in their historical setting.

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