The Folklore Of Orkney And Shetland
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Author | : Ernest Marwick |
Publisher | : Birlinn Ltd |
Total Pages | : 170 |
Release | : 2020-05-07 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1788852729 |
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The two island groups of Orkney and Shetland have much in common. In each the grey stone houses and treeless landscapes are scoured in winter by stinging gales, and in summer lie under the endless days of the 'simmer din'. Originally Norwegian, they have been part of Scotland for five hundred years, but their many and varied legends, folk tales and customs are still saturated with Norse influences. While this book tells tales and discusses beliefs that are known throughout the northern isles, it also outlines those elements which are unique to each island group. The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland is the standard account of what to this day is one of the richest repositories of lore and custom in Britain. Ernest Marwick not only recounts countless tales which have been transmitted aurally and by writing, but also places these tales within geographical and historical contexts, thus enabling a deeper appreciation of this wonderful material. A bibliography is also included, together with an index of tale types and motifs.
Author | : Ernest Marwick |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2020-05-07 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 9781912476923 |
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The two island groups of Orkney and Shetland have much in common. In each the grey stone houses and treeless landscapes are scoured in winter by stinging gales, and in summer lie under the endless days of the 'simmer din'.Originally Norwegian, they have been part of Scotland for five hundred years, but their many and varied legends, folk tales and customs are still saturated with Norse influences. While this book tells tales and discusses beliefs that are known throughout the northern isles, it also outlines those elements which are unique to each island group. The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland is the standard account of what to this day is one of the richest repositories of lore and custom in Britain.Ernest Marwick not only recounts countless tales which have been transmitted aurally and by writing, but also places these tales within geographical and historical contexts, thus enabling a deeper appreciation of this wonderful material. A bibliography is also included, together with an index of tale types and motifs.
Author | : Northcote Whitridge Thomas |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 1901 |
Genre | : Ballads, English |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Ernest W. Marwick |
Publisher | : B. T. Batsford Limited |
Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Folklore |
ISBN | : 9780713429992 |
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Author | : Folklore Society (Great Britain) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 1903 |
Genre | : Ballads, Scots |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : George Fraser Black |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 1901 |
Genre | : Ballads, Scots |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Tom Muir |
Publisher | : The History Press |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2014-03-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0750955333 |
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The Orkney Islands are a place of mystery and magic, where the past and the present meet, ancient standing stones walk and burial mounds are the home of the trows. Orkney Folk Tales walks the reader across invisible islands that are home to fin folk and mermaids, and seals that are often far more than they appear to be. Here Orkney witches raise storms and predict the outcome of battles, ghosts seek revenge and the Devil sits in the rafters of St Magnus Cathedral, taking notes! Using ancient tales told by the firesides of the Picts and Vikings, storyteller Tom Muir takes the reader on a magical journey where he reveals how the islands were created from the teeth of a monster, how a giant built lochs and hills in his greed for fertile land, and how the waves are controlled by the hand of a goddess.
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Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : 1975 |
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Author | : George Fraser Black |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Ballads, English |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Alfred Wintle Johnston |
Publisher | : DigiCat |
Total Pages | : 35 |
Release | : 2022-06-02 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
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"Orkney and Shetland Folk 872-1350" by Alfred Wintle Johnston is a study made to describe the mixed races which inhabited Orkney and Shetland from the foundation of the Norse earldom, in 872, until the end of the rule of the Gaelic earls, circa 1350. Besides the archæological and topographical proof of the continued residence of the Picts in Orkney and Shetland, there is much more reliable evidence of anthropology, in the existence of a large strain of the small and dark race in both Orkney and Shetland, representing the aboriginal race, the later prisoners of raids and the later settlers from Scotland. Allowance must also be made for thralls brought from Norway.