03973nam 2200649 450 991081213650332120200520144314.00-7735-9617-80-7735-9616-X10.1515/9780773596160(CKB)2670000000571870(EBL)3332826(SSID)ssj0001454886(PQKBManifestationID)11864150(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001454886(PQKBWorkID)11499265(PQKB)11261787(Au-PeEL)EBL3332826(CaPaEBR)ebr10955295(CaONFJC)MIL652130(OCoLC)881399333(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/4rdb3s(MiAaPQ)EBC3332826(DE-B1597)654879(DE-B1597)9780773596160(EXLCZ)99267000000057187020141029h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrChildren into swans fairy tales and the pagan imagination /Jan BeveridgeMontreal, Quebec :McGill-Queen's University Press,2014.©20141 online resource (296 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7735-4394-5 1-322-20850-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Cover""; ""Half-title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""A Note on Spelling""; ""Pronunciation""; ""PART ONE: History""; ""1 Early Storytellers""; ""2 The Oldest “Fairyâ€? 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: Storytellersâ€? 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""Fairy tales are alive with the supernatural - elves, dwarfs, fairies, giants, and trolls, as well as witches with magic wands and sorcerers who cast spells and enchantments. Children into Swans examines these motifs in a range of ancient stories. Moving from the rich period of nineteenth-century fairy tales back as far as the earliest folk literature of northern Europe, Jan Beveridge shows how long these supernatural features have been a part of storytelling, with ancient tales, many from Celtic and Norse mythology, that offer glimpses into a remote era and a pre-Christian sensibility. The earliest stories often show significant differences from what we might expect. Elves mingle with Norse gods, dwarfs belong to a proud clan of magician-smiths, and fairies are shape-shifters emerging from the hills and the sea mist. In story traditions with roots in a pre-Christian imagination, an invisible other world exists alongside our own. From the lost cultures of a thousand years ago, Children into Swans opens the door on some of the most extraordinary worlds ever portrayed in literature - worlds that are both starkly beautiful and full of horrors.Fairy talesEuropeHistory and criticismFairy talesEuropeClassificationFairy talesHistory and criticism.Fairy tales398.2094Beveridge Jan1621254MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812136503321Children into swans3954449UNINA$26.2211/15/2019Eng