[Kostenlos herunterladen] 55 English Folklore

Puck in medieval english folklore a malicious fairy or demon.

English folklore. The folklore society fls is a learned society based in london devoted to the study of all aspects of folklore and tradition including. As one of the leading characters in william shakespeare s midsummer night s dream puck boasts of. English folklore is among the most well known in the world. In northern english folklore a boggart is a nasty piece of work a rotten creature that causes milk to sour and dogs to run lame. These are indicated by pb. The characters within the stories include mythical creatures or spirits such as brownies elves boggarts ogres giants and trolls. You ll also encounter heroes cunning folk wizards and plenty of royalty in the english folk tales.

In old and middle english the word meant simply demon in elizabethan lore he was a mischievous brownielike fairy also called robin goodfellow or hobgoblin. Some of the english folklore texts on this page were originally transcribed by phillip brown at his now defunct belinus co uk website. Ballads folktales fairy tales myths legends traditional song and dance folk plays games seasonal events calendar customs childlore and children s folklore folk arts and crafts popular belief folk religion material culture vernacular language sayings proverbs and nursery rhymes folk medicine plantlore and weather lore. Hero myths and legends of the british race. Once attached to a family the boggart will pester them forever chasing them wherever they may run and making their belongings disappear. English folklore has its own dialect with each region s tale offering something new for the reader. The following result is both folklore and straightforward.

From king arthur to garden gnomes it has shaped the folk culture of english speaking countries around the world and inspired globally successful works of literature like harry potter. There is another side to english folklore though. English folklore takes a heavy influence from pagan tradition with a number of figures legends and creatures being adapted from the pre christian traditions of the region. A collection of articles related to witches fairies and monsters in british folklore. This pagan influence means that english folklore generally differs between regions in the country however some myths pervade most of the country. From cambridge english corpus this implies that there is such a thing as personal folklore a collection of elements that has been influential for one singular person.