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Beveridge Jan |
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Children into swans : fairy tales and the pagan imagination / / Jan Beveridge |
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Montreal, Quebec : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (296 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Fairy tales - Europe - History and criticism |
Fairy tales - Europe |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Cover""; ""Half-title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""A Note on Spelling""; ""Pronunciation""; ""PART ONE: History""; ""1 Early Storytellers""; ""2 The Oldest “Fairy� Tale""; ""3 The Manuscript""; ""4 Folk Tales and Fairy Tales""; ""PART TWO: Characters""; ""5 Fairies""; ""6 Elves""; ""7 Dwarfs""; ""8 Household Spirits""; ""9 Water Dwellers""; ""10 Giants""; ""11 Souls and Spirits""; ""PART THREE: Stories from the Pagan Year""; ""12 Festival Days""; ""13 Beltaine""; ""14 Samain""; ""15 Midwinter and Midsummer"" |
""PART FOUR: Storytellers� Themes""""16 Wishing, or Dreams Come True""; ""17 The Triple Form""; ""18 Shape-Shifting""; ""19 Omens and Prophecies""; ""20 Between Two Worlds""; ""21 Spells""; ""22 Trees""; ""23 The Invisible World""; ""24 A Fairy Tale Almost Forgotten""; ""Notes""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index"" |
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