| Description |
1 online resource (300 pages) : illustrations |
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desLibris. Books collection
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| Contents |
Part one History. Early Storytellers -- The Oldest "Fairy" Tale -- The Manuscript -- Folk Tales and Fairy Tales |
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Part two Characters. Fairies -- Elves -- Dwarfs -- Household Spirits -- Water Dwellers -- Giants -- Souls and Spirits |
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Part three Stories from the Pagan Year. Festival Days -- Beltaine -- Samain -- Midwinter and Midsummer |
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Part four Storytellers' Themes. Wishing, or Dreams Come True -- The Triple Form -- Shape-Shifting -- Omens and Prophecies -- Between Two Worlds -- Spells -- Trees -- The Invisible World -- A Fairy Tale Almost Forgotten |
| Summary |
Annotation Fairy tales are alive with the supernatural - elves, dwarfs, fairies, giants, and trolls, as well as witches with magic wands and sorcerers who cast spells and enchantments. Children into Swans examines these motifs in a range of ancient stories. Moving from the rich period of nineteenth-century fairy tales back as far as the earliest folk literature of northern Europe, Jan Beveridge shows how long these supernatural features have been a part of storytelling, with ancient tales, many from Celtic and Norse mythology, that offer glimpses into a remote era and a pre-Christian sensibility. The earliest stories often show significant differences from what we might expect. Elves mingle with Norse gods, dwarfs belong to a proud clan of magician-smiths, and fairies are shape-shifters emerging from the hills and the sea mist. In story traditions with roots in a pre-Christian imagination, an invisible other world exists alongside our own. From the lost cultures of a thousand years ago, Children into Swans opens the door on some of the most extraordinary worlds ever portrayed in literature - worlds that are both starkly beautiful and full of horrors |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
College Audience McGill-Queen's University Press |
| Notes |
English |
| SUBJECT |
Europa gnd |
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Fairy tales -- Europe -- History and criticism
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Fairy tales -- Europe -- Classification
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Fairy tales -- Europe -- Themes, motives
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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Fairy tales
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Heidentum
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Märchen
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Motiv
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Europe
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Classification
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780773543942 |
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0773543945 |
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9780773596160 |
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077359616X |
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9780773596177 |
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0773596178 |
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