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A gripping guide to the weird yet everyday world of British folklore.
In this ground-breaking book, two leading experts provide the definitive guide to British folklore past and present.
Owen Davies and Ceri Houlbrook explore folklore in all its remarkable variations, from village rituals and fairy tales to UFO legends and internet fanfiction. Travelling through a landscape of witches, wizards and wicker men, they reveal how folklore has been researched and written about in the past and show how it continues to be lived in the present. At the same time, they provide the reader with a valuable toolkit for understanding how to interpret the diverse examples given.
The book's key message is that folklore is much more than the fossilised remains of a distant, rural past. Folklore is and always has been ubiquitous, dynamic and political. It is a living tradition that draws from many sources, including migrant communities, and is forever being renewed and updated.
Contents
Introduction: a tale of British folklore studies
Part I: Coming together and taking part
1 The ritual year
2 Performance
Part II: Stories
3 Storytelling
4 Legends
Part III: Environment
5 Folklore of the natural world
6 Folk medicine
Part IV: Spiritual Life
7 Living with a supernatural world
8 Ritual in the landscape
Part V: Intimate life
9 Childlore
10 Domestic life
Part VI: Modern media
11 Broadcasting folklore
12 Digital folklore
Part VII: Identity
13 The folklore of nations
Index
