A game-changing exploration of the 'small gods' of nature and everyday life in Britain from the Iron Age to the late Middle Ages. It addresses fauns and satyrs, fairies and elves, nymphs and forest sprites â shadowy deities of fate and chance â who dance their elusive way through Britain's history.
A game-changing exploration of the 'small gods' of nature and everyday life in Britain from the Iron Age to the late Middle Ages. It addresses fauns and satyrs, fairies and elves, nymphs and forest sprites â shadowy deities of fate and chance â who dance their elusive way through Britain's history.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Francis Young has written eighteen previous books in the fields of folklore and the history of religion and supernatural belief, including - most recently - Magic in Merlin's Realm (Cambridge University Press, 2022). A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, he teaches courses on history, myth and religion for the Department for Continuing Education in the University of Oxford. In addition, he broadcasts regularly on folkloric and religious subjects for the BBC, and has twice been shortlisted for the prestigious Katharine Briggs Folklore Award awarded annually by the UK Folklore Society.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction 1. A world full of small gods: understanding godlings 2. Menagerie of the divine: godlings in Roman Britain 3. The nymph and the cross: godlings and Christianisation 4. Furies, elves and giants: godlings in early medieval Britain 5. The fairy synthesis: godlings in later medieval Britain Epilogue: the fairy legacy.
Introduction 1. A world full of small gods: understanding godlings 2. Menagerie of the divine: godlings in Roman Britain 3. The nymph and the cross: godlings and Christianisation 4. Furies, elves and giants: godlings in early medieval Britain 5. The fairy synthesis: godlings in later medieval Britain Epilogue: the fairy legacy.
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