Midwinter Folk Tales

Author : Taffy Thomas MBE
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780750957717

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Midwinter Folk Tales by Taffy Thomas MBE Pdf

In this enchanting new book, one of the country's most celebrated storytellers has gathered together traditional tales that have their roots in the cold and long, dark nights of midwinter. Herein you will find magical accounts of the Legend of Tinsel, the Christmas Cat and the New Year's Bell, with a number of wintery riddles to unpick while enjoying the festive season and welcoming in the New Year. With so many folk tales intrinsically linked to ancient seasonal customs, there are a few included here relating to traditions such as the Ottery St Mary Tar Barrels (Devon), the Viking 'Up Helly Aa' (Shetland) and Tom Bawcock's Eve (Cornwall). This is a book to curl up with in front of an open fire on long winter nights and to share and retell over a steaming mug of mulled wine.

Author : Lisa Schneidau
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780750987325

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Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland by Lisa Schneidau Pdf

The islands of Britain and Ireland hold a rich heritage of plant folklore and wisdom, from the magical yew tree to the bad-tempered dandelion. Here are traditional tales about the trees and plants that shape our landscapes and our lives through the seasons. They explore the complex relationship between people and plants, in lowlands and uplands, fields, bogs, moors, woodlands and towns. Suitable for all ages, this is an essential collection of stories for anyone interested in botany, the environment and our living heritage.

Author : John Lindow
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1978-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0520035208

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Swedish Legends and Folktales by John Lindow Pdf

A collection of some one hundred Swedish folk legends. -- Dust jacket.

Author : Arthur Caswell Parker
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0803287232

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Seneca Myths and Folk Tales by Arthur Caswell Parker Pdf

"On the Cattaraugus reservation, it was part of a child's initial training to learn why the bear lost its tail, why the chipmunk has a striped back, and why meteors flash in the sky," writes Arthur C. Parker at the beginning of Seneca Myths and Folk Tales. His blood ties to the Senecas and early familiarity with their culture led to a distinguished career as an archaeologist and to the publication in 1923 of this pioneeering work. Parker recreates the milieu in which the Seneca legends and folktales were told and discusses their basic themes and components before going on to relate more than seventy of them that he heard as a boy. Here is the magical Senecan world populated by unseen good and evil spirits, ghosts, and beings capable of transformation. Included are creation myths; folktales involving contests between mortal youths and assorted powers; tales of love and marriage; and stories about cannibals, talking animals, pygmies, giants, monsters, vampires, and witches.

Author : Paul Hawkins
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781471129858

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Bad Santas: Disquieting Winter Folk Tales for Grown-Ups by Paul Hawkins Pdf

A gleefully dark and well-researched exploration of the history and customs of European Yuletide folklore. How did St Nicholas save children from cannibalism? Who were the Yule Lads and why would they steal your sausages? Why was the Alpine Father Christmas accompanied by a demonic figure called the Krampus who bundled children into sacks and dragged them off to Hell? And why do Spanish nativity scenes often feature a defecating peasant? Over the course of the 20th Century, a universal image developed around the world of Santa Claus as a kindly Christmas visitor but, prior to that, each country, town and community would have Christmas visitors of their own - sometimes human, sometimes animal, sometimes something else entirely - with their own curious set of mythology and customs. The Finns were visited by a pagan goat named Joulupukki that was said to eat anyone who misbehaved. In Iceland, it was said that any child who did not receive an item of new clothing for Christmas would be caught and consumed by the monstrous Christmas Cat! Bad Santascelebrates some of the most imaginative, terrifying and outright curious Christmas figures from across Europe - looking closely at its legacy of disquieting fairy stories. With beautiful black and white line drawings in each chapter, this unusual, entertaining and gleefully dark exploration of seasonal folklore will make an ideal Christmas gift and the perfect book for reading around the fireside.

Author : Gillian Monks
Publisher : Unbound Publishing
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781783527090

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Merry Midwinter by Gillian Monks Pdf

'Lots of ideas for making gifts and decorations but not spending tons of money buying them' Jenni Murray Celebrating midwinter is not about what you buy or how much you spend – it's about your attitude to life. Turn away from the frenetic consumerism of Christmas and rediscover the authentic and meaningful realities of this, the oldest and most precious celebration of the year. The true significance of midwinter is not found in any individual spiritual or religious belief or practice. Instead, the winter solstice provides an opportunity to celebrate what we as humans share; to set aside our differences and come together with a sense of community and cheer. Merry Midwinter is a cornucopia of ideas for how to make your own decorations (kissing boughs, advent wreaths, crackers, stockings and more); your own alternative gifts which cost nothing except your time and thought; your own entertainments and games; and simple, seasonal recipes from years gone by.

Author : Rebekah Clayton
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781838590642

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MIDWINTER FOLK by Rebekah Clayton Pdf

When Rowan’s parents divorce, her brother Luke turns ‘cold and strange’, and suddenly Rowan starts hearing voices. Is someone stalking her or is she going mad? London is caught in the grip of the coldest winter on record. The Thames freezes over and the streets are half-buried by snow. Rowan soon realises that Luke has been snared by the enemy; the voracious Hunters who want ‘power over all’, and finds that she is running for her life across the increasingly bizarre landscape of the frozen city. It takes a journey into the treacherous depths of Midwinter to save not only Luke, but all that she holds dear. “The old lady looked long into Rowan’s eyes. In the green depths Rowan thought she could see faces amongst leaves, human-like, creature-like, deer running in the shadows of a great forest. “They are in for the kill, Rowan. Remember you have allies. But take care, for ‘The Hunters’ have many spies.”

Author : Caitlin Matthews
Publisher : Barefoot Books
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1846860652

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Fireside Stories by Caitlin Matthews Pdf

Every time their brother turned a cartwheel, golden oranges fell from his pockets, along with sugar sweets in gold and silver paper. Schnitzle, Schnotzle & Schnootzle

Author : Dave Tonge
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780750994453

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Medieval Folk Tales for Children by Dave Tonge Pdf

Come one, come all for a ride upon Dame Fortune's wheel! Join many a medieval character as some ride high on good luck, while others fall foul of greed, jealousy and anger. For in this book, storyteller Dave Tonge has adapted traditional tales of proud princes, discontented doctors, mean merchants, covetous cooks, heroic hounds and many more besides. Mixing them with morsels of history, Medieval Folk Tales for Children will give young readers a fair and fine flavour of the ups and downs of life from 500 to 1,000 years ago.

Author : Jan Beveridge
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780773543942

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Children Into Swans by Jan Beveridge Pdf

A lucid exploration of fairy tales and the lore of ancient stories embedded in them.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Folk and Fairy Tales, Fourth Edition by Anonim Pdf

Author : Danielle Williams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798656157834

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Midwinter Magic by Danielle Williams Pdf

Once upon a time, magic left the world for a night. It sighed back in through the scullery door in the morning with the cat, but by then, the Queen of the Northern Elves had fallen into a deep sleep, and, greatly diminished, the returned magic could not wake her. From the author who brought you The Purrfect Christmas and A Gingersnap Cat Christmas comes an enchanting collection of three original yuletide fairy tales, written in the tradition of Jane Yolen and Ursula Vernon.

Author : Matthew Sturges
Publisher : Pyr
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781591028369

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Midwinter by Matthew Sturges Pdf

Winter comes to the land only once in a hundred years. But the snow covers ancient secrets: secrets that could topple a kingdom. Mauritaine was a war hero, a captain in the Seelie Army. Then he was accused of treason and sentenced to life without parole at Crere Sulace, a dark and ancient prison in the mountains, far from the City Emerald. But now the Seelie Queen – Regina Titania herself – has offered him one last chance to redeem himself, an opportunity to regain his freedom and his honor. Unfortunately, it's a suicide mission, which is why only Mauritaine and the few prisoners he trusts enough to accompany him, would even dare attempt it: Raieve, beautiful and harsh, an emissary from a foreign land caught in the wrong place at the wrong time; Perrin Alt, Lord Silverdun, a nobleman imprisoned as a result of political intrigues so Byzantine that not even he understands them; and Brian Satterly, a human physicist, apprehended searching for the human victims of the faery changeling trade. Meanwhile, dark forces are at work at home and abroad. In the Seelie kingdom, the reluctant soldier Purane-Es burns with hatred for Mauritaine, and plots to steal the one thing that remains to him: his wife. Across the border, the black artist Hy Pezho courts the whim of Mab, offering a deadly weapon that could allow the Unseelie in their flying cities to crush Titania and her army once and for all. With time running out, Mauritaine and his companions must cross the deadly Contested Lands filled with dire magical fallout from wars past. They will confront mounted patrols, brigands, and a traitor in their midst. And before they reach their destination, as the Unseelie Armies led by Queen Mab approach the border, Mauritaine must decide between his own freedom and the fate of the very land that has forsaken him.

Author : Phil Rickman
Publisher : Pan Books Limited
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2000-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 033037401X

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Midwinter of the Spirit by Phil Rickman Pdf

As an early winter slices through the old city of Hereford, a body is found in the River Wye, an ancient church is descrated, and there are even indications of evil in Hereford Cathedral itself, where the tomb of St. Thomas Cantilupe lies in fragments.

Author : Kevan Manwaring
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752479057

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Oxfordshire Folk Tales by Kevan Manwaring Pdf

Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross and listen to the tales of this ancient county. Hear how a King and his knights were turned to stone at the mysterious Rollright Stones; how Dragon Hill got its name; take the Devil's Highway to the End of the World - if you dare; or spend a night on the weird Ot Moor; listen in on the Boar's Head Carol; walk the oldest trackway in Europe in the footsteps of a Neolithic pilgrim; pause to try the Blowing Stone; leave a coin for the enigmatic blacksmith to shoe your horse at Wayland's Smithy; eavesdrop upon the Inklings in the Eagle and Child; and meet that early fabulist, Geoffrey of Monmouth in the city of dreaming spires. This collection will take you on an oral tour across the county - on the way you'll meet gypsies, highwaymen, cavaliers, a prime minister and a devilish mason.