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" Whether called "the good people," "the little people," or simply "them," fairies are familiar from their appearances in Shakespeare's plays, Disney's films, and points in between. In many cultures, however, fairies are not just the stuff of distant legend or literature: they are real... read more
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"What?!" I almost shouted at the white-haired man with the sparkling eyes sitting in his armchair opposite me.
Table of Contents edit
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. Regional Fairylore
The Lutin Tradition in French-Newfoundland Culture: Discourse and Belief
Fairylore from the Midlands of Ireland
Fairies and the Supernatural on Reachrai
Balquhidder Rivisited: Fairylore in the Scottish Highlands, 1690-1990
Trolls, Hillfolk, Finns, and Picts: The Identity of the Good Neighbors in orkney and Shetland
Ballads of Otherworldly Beings
Fairylore: Memorates and Legends from Welsh Oral Tradition
II. Fairy Belief and Religion
The Fairy Belief and Official Religion in Ireland
Rites of Passage as Meeting Place: Christianity and Fairylore in Connection with the Unclean Woman and the Unchristened Child
III. Physical Disorders: Changlings and the Blast
Fairies and the Folklore of Disability: Changelings, Hybrids, and the Solitary Fairy
The Invisible Made Visible: The Fairy Changeling as a Folk Articulation of Failure to Thrive in Infants and Children
"The Blast" in Newfoundland Fairy Tradition
IV. The Social Functions of Fairylore Witches and Fairies: Supernatural Aggression and Deviance Among the Irish Peasantry
Newfoundland Berry Pickers "In the Fairies": Maintaining Spatial, Temporal, and Moral Boundaries Through Legendry
V. Fairylore and Popular Culture
The Cottingley Fairies: The End of a Legend
The Tooth Fairy: Perspectives on Money and Magic
The Making of an Icon: The Tooth Fairy in North American Folklore and Popular Culture
VI. Semantics and Epistemology
The Semantics of the Word Fairy: Making Meaning Out of Thin Air
Between One Eye Blink and the Next: Fairies, UFOs, and Problems of Knowledge
Contributors
Index
Authors & Contributors edit
- Peter Narváez (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 398.2
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › Mythology › Folklore
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Folklore & Mythology
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Sociology
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Fairy Tales
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Essays
- Books › Religion & Spirituality
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