Fairy encounters in medieval england: landscape, folklore and the supernatural
Auteur :
Harte, Jeremy
Éditeur :
University of Exeter Press
ISBN :
9781804130957
Date de publication :
3 sept. 2024
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 x 1,9 cm
Poids :
504 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Strange tales from many medieval genres prove that experience, not fiction, underlay fairy beliefs. Supernatural beings took on similar forms whether they were supposed to be ghosts or goblins, saints or demons. First-person oral testimony is backed up by place-names which show how wells, pools and hills were known locally as haunted locations.