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Beschreibung
Trace the roots of Scottish folklore from Arthurian legends to magical beasts, demons and witches, going A-Z location by location throughout the country.

Scotland has one of the richest traditions of folklore in the world, and the nation's greatest writers have been influenced by the country's abundance of customs, superstitions, ghost stories and folktales. Robert Burns, Walter Scott, James Hogg and Robert Louis Stevenson all used Scottish folklore in their work.

This book traces the roots and traditions of Scottish folklore and introduces all its key parts, combining a huge range of material from gypsy-lore and Arthurian legend to tales of magical beasts, demons and witches and lore associated with the natural world.
Trace the roots of Scottish folklore from Arthurian legends to magical beasts, demons and witches, going A-Z location by location throughout the country.

Scotland has one of the richest traditions of folklore in the world, and the nation's greatest writers have been influenced by the country's abundance of customs, superstitions, ghost stories and folktales. Robert Burns, Walter Scott, James Hogg and Robert Louis Stevenson all used Scottish folklore in their work.

This book traces the roots and traditions of Scottish folklore and introduces all its key parts, combining a huge range of material from gypsy-lore and Arthurian legend to tales of magical beasts, demons and witches and lore associated with the natural world.
Über den Autor
Raymond Lamont-Brown Has Been A Professional Author And Broadcaster Since 1965. He Has Written Widely On A Huge Range Of Subjects, Including Biographies Of John Brown And Andrew Carnegie As Well As Books On Scottish And Japanese History. He Lives In Broughty Ferry.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Traditional Scotland
ISBN-13: 9781780278476
ISBN-10: 1780278470
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Lamont-Brown, Raymond
Auflage: New Edition
Hersteller: Birlinn General
Traditional Scotland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 174 x 107 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Raymond Lamont-Brown
Erscheinungsdatum: 02.05.2024
Gewicht: 0,122 kg
Artikel-ID: 128195512