The Gaelic Otherworld : John Gregorson Campbell's Superstitions of the Highlands and the Islands of Scotland and Witchcraft and Second Sight in the Highlands and Islands
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1912476835
ISBN-13
9781912476831
Publisher
Birlinn General
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Origin
Country of Manufacture
MT
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 23rd, 2019
Print length
864 Pages
Weight
1,112 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.70 x 4.40 cms
Product Classification:
Folklore, myths & legends
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This is a comprehensive collection of fairy tales, ghosts and monsters from the highlands of Scotland, originally compiled by John Gregorson Campbell, one of the most outstanding folklorists of the nineteenth century. Features extensive explanatory notes and a radically revised biography of the collector, supported by bibliography, maps and index.
John Gregorson Campbell (1834–91) was one of the most outstanding folklorists working in Scotland during the nineteenth century. Based on materials which he had gathered in the 1850s and 1860s, his Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and Witchcraft and Second Sight in the Highlands and Islands were published posthumously in 1900 and 1902. Engagingly written in an anecdotal style, they introduce us to a galaxy of fairies, witches, ghosts and supernatural creatures, as well as general superstitions and the beliefs and rituals of the traditional calendar. Having been written as a single work, they are now reunited as one volume.In a lively introduction, Ronald Black illuminates Campbell’s work with extensive explanatory notes and a radically revised biography of the collector, supported by bibliography, maps and index.
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