Forgotten Folk-Tales of the English Counties Pbdirect

Informationen zum Autor Ruth Tongue Klappentext This volume is a collection of a number of country folk tales. The tales reveal a good deal of fairy lore, some tree lore, including ghostly trees like crooker, the uncanny black dog makes his appearance in more than one tale and also include several long fireside tales. Zusammenfassung This volume is a collection of a number of country folk tales. The tales reveal a good deal of fairy lore! some tree lore! including ghostly trees like crooker! the uncanny black dog makes his appearance in more than one tale and also include several long fireside tales. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part One 1. Dragon-lore 2. Uncanny Folk 3. Rivers and Trees 4. Witches and Saints 5. Ghosts and Evil Spirits 6. Rhozzums and a Liddlin Part Two 7. Giants and Monsters 8. The People of the Hills 9. Legends and Folk-tales 10. Wood and Water 11. Ghosts and Evil Spirits 12. Rhozzums Part Three 13. Old Tales and New 14. The Fair Folk 15. Legends 16. Witches and Evil Spirits 17. Ghosts and Curses 18. Rhozzums

Product details

• Authors: Katharine Briggs, Ruth Tongue, Ruth L Tongue, Ruth L. Tongue
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.09.2016
• EAN: 9781138845510
• ISBN: 978-1-138-84551-0
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Fairytales, sagas, legends; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Literary theory