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The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland Ernest Marwick

The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland von Ernest Marwick

The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland Ernest Marwick


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Zusammenfassung

The standard account of the rich cultural heritage of Orkney.

The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland Zusammenfassung

The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland Ernest Marwick

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.

Über Ernest Marwick

Ernest Marwick was born 1915 in Evie, Orkney.He started off working on the family farm, but went on to become a distinguished scholar specialising in folklore, local history, and poetry. Additionally, he went into broadcasting and writing and editing. In 1960 he founded the first local radio programme Town and Country with the BBC.The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland was published in 1975 and he then went on to collect and assemble The History of the Orkney People in the Nineteenth Century. He died in 1977.

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GOR005329978
9781780270081
1780270089
The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland Ernest Marwick
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Broschiert
Birlinn General
2011-06-20
216
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