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OverviewFairies, elves, and other magical beings… they’re so much more than just children’s tales. For centuries, Europeans believed in a parallel supernatural realm inhabited by these beings who lived much like humans in their own communities. This ‘social supernatural’ world mirrored ours with troll weddings, pixy battles, nereid picnics, dwarf migrations, and the like. Social supernatural beings were thought to interact with the human world in profound ways: they whipped up storms, ensured good harvests, and healed (and, all too often, caused) illness. The Exeter Companion to Fairies, Nereids, Trolls and other Social Supernatural Beings dives into the rich folklore and oral traditions around the social supernatural across Europe; in fact, it pioneers the term ‘social supernatural’ as a folklore and supernatural category. Bringing together eighteen experts, this is the first comprehensive Europe-wide look at these beliefs and practices. Through in-depth studies, the volume explores how diverse cultures from Ireland to Ukraine, and from Norway to Greece, envisioned their supernatural neighbours and how these parallel societies reflected human concerns and desires. Our authors employ ancient, medieval, modern and, in some cases, contemporary material to tease out the ‘hidden people’ from obscure and, all too often, forgotten sources. The book resurrects captivating stories and traditions. For anyone fascinated by European folklore, magic, and mythology, it provides a rich research seam with up-to-date bibliographies for a dozen European countries. It will be of use to folklorists, historians, ethnologists, sociologists and also the general reader interested in the supernatural beliefs of traditional European societies. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dr. Simon Young , Davide ErmacoraPublisher: University of Exeter Press Imprint: University of Exeter Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.620kg ISBN: 9781804131046ISBN 10: 1804131040 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 16 July 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Introducing the Social Supernatural Simon Young and Davide Ermacora DOI: 10.47788/NIFG1335 2. Ireland: The Tribes of the Gods and the People of the Hills John Carey DOI: 10.47788/OFEV8836 3. The Isle of Man: ‘They Call Them the Good People’ Stephen Miller DOI: 10.47788/YFYX8175 4. England: Small Fairies Are Beautiful Fairies Jeremy Harte DOI: 10.47788/ULSI6409 5. Iceland: The Elves of Strandir Matthias Egeler DOI: 10.47788/MOTK2852 6. Scandinavia: My Neighbour the Troll Tommy Kuusela DOI: 10.47788/LHEL2533 7. The Netherlands: Witte Wieven and Other White Apparitions Yseult de Blécourt DOI: 10.47788/YXVN8515 8. Iberia: Moors, Gentiles and Encantadas José Manuel Pedrosa DOI: 10.47788/HUME1621 9. France: Humanlike Societies and Spaces among the Fées Andrea Maraschi DOI: 10.47788/WYMP2420 10. German-Speaking Europe: Moosweiblein, Wichtel and Nixen Janin Pisarek and Florian Schaefer DOI: 10.47788/ZCJG8520 11. Hungarians: Heavenly and Earthly Fairy Societies Éva Pócs DOI: 10.47788/JVJT2813 12. Western Balkans: ‘A Vila Like a Vila’ Dorian Jurić DOI: 10.47788/DDHP2327 13. Greece (and Italy): The Nereids, ‘Those from Outside’ Tommaso Braccini DOI: 10.47788/NGJH2743 14. The Balts: Laume.s and Laime.s Francis Young and Saulė Kubiliūtė DOI: 10.47788/HYYU5632 15. Ukraine: Courtship Rituals and Legends of the Bohyni Natalie Kononenko DOI: 10.47788/UMXX7077ReviewsAuthor InformationSimon Young, ‘the foremost chronicler of Britain’s fairies’, teaches at the University of California (Accent), Florence. He has published The Boggart: Folklore, Place-Names, History and Dialect (2023) with UEP and The Nail in the Skull and other Victorian Urban Legends with Mississippi, which was awarded the 2023 Brian McConnell Book Award. Davide Ermacora earned his PhD in Anthropology at the University of Turin, Italy, and at Lumière University Lyon 2 in France. His research interests include the history of religions, supernatural belief systems, and traditional and contemporary legends. His first book, Monstrous Animal Siblings in Europe: From the Frater salernitanorum to the sooterkin, was published in 2022 in the Boletín de Literatura Oral series. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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