they may have appeared first in theMabinogion, but they have been recorded continually in Welsh folklore right up to the present day. The sound of the barking of the hounds is widely regarded as a sign that some soul is being seized at the very moment of death and will be taken...
Irish fairy tales and folklore are populated with a wonderful collection of magical creatures and supernatural beings. Leprechauns are so famous they can sell breakfast cereal, and many people have heard the legend of the Banshee—but what about the rest? From the shapeshiftingselkiesto the mischiev...
Victorian artists initially took their cue from Shakespeare but soon devised their own scenarios. By the mid 1800's a tradition developed among British and Scottish Painters that continues today the world over in every known media. This exhibition of contemporary fairy Paintings, drawings and pictures...
is somewhat complicated by Robert Kirk’s famous and detailed 17thC account of fairy traditions in the Scottish Highlanders who believed that living people were accompanied by a ‘spirit double’ who is one of the fairies, or as he calls them – Sith...
the 2017 results from the Ness of Brodgar, Must Farm and some other notables) are eschewed for talk of lithified fiddlers, be-musedpoets, thirsty rambling rocks and as much Victorian folklore as you might wish. Although straightforward, mainstream, professional archaeology is not the primary ...
And it wouldn’t be a Fabulous Folklore article without mentioning a form oflove divination! Hanging up a smock so it could be turned by a vision of your future husband was a popular practice. In one version from 1685, Scottish women dipped their smocks in water running south on Halloween...
Scottish folk-lore and folk life : studies in race, culture and tradition MR. MACKENZIE gives his readers a comprehensive view of the main heads of Scottish folk-tradition and belief. He ranges from food taboos to giants, fairies and goddesses. DA Mackenzie 被引量: 1发表: 1935年 Baptist's...
The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies豆瓣评分:0.0 简介:Late in the seventeenth century, Robert Kirk, an Episcopalian minister in the Scottish Highlands, set out to collect his parishioners’ many striking stories about elves, fairies, fau
the 2017 results from the Ness of Brodgar, Must Farm and some other notables) are eschewed for talk of lithified fiddlers, be-musedpoets, thirsty rambling rocks and as much Victorian folklore as you might wish. Although straightforward, mainstream, professional archaeology is not the primary ...
EssAeEmLocated on the Scottish island of Fetlar, the Haltadans is a circle of standing stones that folklore claims were once trows (Shetland's fairy folk). The story goes that they were still dancing in a circle when the sun rose one morning and turned them to stone. #MythologyMonday 📷...