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The Boggart : Folklore, History, Place-names and Dialect

Exeter : University of Exeter Press, 2022 [©2022]

1 online resource (330 pages)

Englisch

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978-1-905816-91-0

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398.21 ; 398.21     Ähnliche Literatur

LOC-SH: Supernatural ; Folklore ; Fairies -- Folklore ; Folklore -- England, Northern ; Supernatural -- Folklore ; Apparitions -- Folklore

Electronic books ; Fées - Folklore ; Folklore - Angleterre (Nord) ; Surnaturel - Folklore ; Fairies ; Folklore ; Supernatural ; Northern England ; legends (literary genre) ; Legends ; Folk literature ; Folklore ; Folk literature ; Legends ; Littérature populaire ; Légendes

The little-studied and once much-feared boggart is a supernatural being from the north of England. Using long-forgotten sources as well as social media surveys and personal interviews, this ground-breaking book reveals that almost everything we thought we knew about the boggart is wrong.

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The Boggart: Folklore, History, Place-names and Dialect -- Cover Page -- Half Title Page -- Exeter New Approaches to Legend, Folklore and Popular Belief -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Maps -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Illustrations and Maps -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Part I: Situating the Boggart -- CHAPTER ONE: Boggart Definitions and Sources -- CHAPTER TWO: Boggart Origins -- CHAPTER THREE: Boggart Distribution -- Part II: Lived Boggart Folklore -- CHAPTER FOUR: Boggart Landscapes -- CHAPTER FIVE: Boggart Beliefs and Transmission -- CHAPTER SIX: Social Boggarts -- Part III: The Death and Rebirth of the Boggart -- CHAPTER SEVEN: Boggart Death -- CHAPTER EIGHT: The New Boggart -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Boggart A-Z -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.