Francis Young

Twilight of the Godlings (eBook, PDF)

The Shadowy Beginnings of Britain's Supernatural Beings

• Format: PDF

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009330374
• Artikelnr.: 70912484

Autorenporträt

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.