Folklore, Myths and Legends of Britain

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Keegan-Phipps, Simon (29 Mar 2017). "Identifying the English: essentialism and multiculturalism in contemporary English folk music". Ethnomusicology Forum. 26: 3–25 – via Taylor & Francis Online. Crop circles are formations of flattened cereal. While they have been speculated to have mysterious and often extraterrestrial origins, most crop circles have been proven to be hoaxes. Those made by Doug Bower and Dave Chorley across England in 1991 have since started chains of copycats around the world. [45] Grose, Francis (1787). A provincial glossary, with a collection of local proverbs, and popular superstitions. London: S Hooper. p.62. Hutton, Ronald (3 November 2010). "How Pagan Were Medieval English Peasants?". Folklore. 122 (3): 235–249. doi: 10.1080/0015587X.2011.608262. S2CID 162281749– via Taylor & Francis Online. The Grimm brothers' publications such as German Legends and Grimms' Fairy Tales were translated from their original German and distributed across Europe in 1816. Their stories inspired publishers such as William Thoms to compile legends from within English folklore and without to compose an English identity. The stories that the Grimm brothers collected were integrated into the English school curriculum throughout the 19th century as educators of morality. [2] Characteristics [ edit ]

There are likely many characters and stories that have never been recorded and hence were forgotten, but these folktales and their evolutions were often a product of contemporary figures, places, or events local to specific regions. [4] The below are only a small fraction of examples from the folktale types of English folklore. Guiley, Rosemary Ellen (2007). The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits. New York: Facts On File, Inc.

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Petrie, Flinders (1926). "The Hill Figures of England". The Antiquaries Journal. 7: 540–541. doi: 10.1017/S0003581500057486– via Cambridge University Press.

Sykes, Richard (1993). "The Evolution of Englishness in the English Folksong Revival, 1890-1914". Folk Music Journal. 6 (4): 446–490. JSTOR 4522437– via JSTOR. If there’s one legend that could be said to encapsulate the idea of Britain in ancient times, it has to be the legend of King Arthur. This most famous of British kings was said to have defended the country against Saxon invaders in the 5th and early 6th centuries, and he’s been the subject of numerous stories that have achieved mythical status in Britain. Everyone is familiar with the stories of King Arthur, his wife Guinevere and his Knights of the Round Table, in particular Lancelot, who fell in love with Guinevere and rescued her from the resulting threat of execution by Arthur, leading to war between Lancelot and Arthur. The Round Table is a powerful Arthurian symbol; it was given to Arthur by his father-in- law as a dowry, and it was said to be round to avoid squabbles between the knights over who was most important. Among the most famous tales is Arthur’s search for the Holy Grail – the cup that contained the blood of Christ (a story satirised in Monty Python and the Holy Grail). The magician Merlin is another key figure in the Arthurian legends; Merlin placed a sword in a stone and whomever was able to pull it out would be king. Only Arthur could do it.

Full of maps with icons for things like ‘Drowned or Lost Lands’, ‘Mysterious Stones’ or ‘Bells’, the book portrays a Britain that is full of strangeness and mystery: strangeness and mystery that is happening all around you.



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