Description: Product Description : Scottish Fairy Belief: A History The authorities told folk what they ought to believe but what did they really believe Throughout Scottish history people have believed in fairies They were a part of everyday life as real as the sunrise and as incontrovertible as the existence of God While fairy belief was only a fragment of a much larger complex the implications of studying this belief tradition are potentially vast revealing some understanding of the worldview of the people of past centuriesThis book the first modern study of the subject examines the history and nature of fairy belief the major themes and motifs the demonising attack upon the tradition and the attempted reinstatement of the reality of fairies at the end of the seventeenth century as well as their place in ballads and in Scottish literature( it is an used product )
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Brand: John Donald
UPC: 9781904607588
MPN: 8pp b/w plates
Model No: 8pp b/w plates
Country of Origin: USA United States
Net Quantity/Number of Units: 1
Dimensions LxWxH - Cms: 6.1X0.9X9.1
ISBN-10: 1904607586
ISBN-13: 9781904607588
SKU: SONG1904607586
No. of Pages: 252
Type: Books
Book Title: Scottish Fairy Belief
Number of Pages: 252 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Birlinn, The Limited
Publication Year: 2007
Topic: Europe / Great Britain / Scotland, Sociology / General, Folklore & Mythology, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Item Height: 0.8 in
Genre: Literary Criticism, Social Science, History
Item Weight: 15.1 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Lizanne Henderson
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback