Folklore, Myths and Legends of Britain

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Petrie, Flinders (1926). "The Hill Figures of England". The Antiquaries Journal. 7: 540–541. doi: 10.1017/S0003581500057486– via Cambridge University Press. There was a belief that those born at the chime hours could see ghosts. The time differed according to region, usually based around the times of monk's prayer which were sometimes marked by a chime. [28]

Bramwell, Peter (2009). "Herne the Hunter and the Green Man". Pagan Themes in Modern Children's Fiction. Macmillan Publishers. pp.38–83. ISBN 978-0-230-23689-9. We were haunted children of a haunted isle. The more esoteric wing of hippiedom, intent on finding an alternative to the wipe-clean modernism of the sixties, discovered that their great-grandparents had tried exactly the same thing. On the island guarded by Piel Castle, a 'King of Piel' is still crowned to this day, in a tradition said to originate from the time of Lambert Simnel, a pretender to the throne. Schmidt, William E. (10 September 1991). "2 'Jovial Con Men' Demystify Those Crop Circles in Britain". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Crop circles are formations of flattened cereal. While they have been speculated to have mysterious and often extraterrestrial origins, most crop circles have been proven to be hoaxes. Those made by Doug Bower and Dave Chorley across England in 1991 have since started chains of copycats around the world. [45]a b Assayed, Layān (2015). The Medieval Rhymes of Robin Hood: An Inquiry into Outlaw Territory (Thesis). University of Haifa. Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers. p.219. ISBN 978-0-394-40918-4. King Arthur is the legendary king of the Britons, the Once and Future King and True Born King of England. The origins of King Arthur and his exploits are vague due to the many reproductions of his character. The Historia Brittonum and the Annales Cambriae reference many battles of an Arthur, Annales Cambriae also referencing Mordred, a rival, and Merlin, a wise mentor. Although these sources have been used as proof for Arthur's origins, their credibility has been disputed as mythology rather than history. [32] As English folklore has progressed, King Arthur's retellings have been classified into romances such as Malory's Morte Darthur, chronicles such as Geoffrey's Historia Regum Britanniae, and fantasies such as Culhwch ac Olwen (whose author is unknown). [33]

Champion cats of the world. [History; Modern Science; Myth, legend, folklore; Fine Arts; Literature; Longhairs; Shorthairs; Foreign Shorthairs; Siamese; Australia & New Zealand; Canda; France; Germany; Great Britain; Japan; Netherlands; Scandinavia; Davies, Owen (11 June 2019). "The Wild Hunt in the Modern British Imagination". Folklore. 130 (2): 175–191. doi: 10.1080/0015587X.2018.1493861. S2CID 166360154– via Taylor & Francis Online.A parish ale is a type of party in the parish usually held to fundraise money for a particular purpose. [49] Paynter, William H.; Semmens, Jason (2008). The Cornish Witch-finder: William Henry Paynter and the Witchery, Ghosts, Charms and Folklore of Cornwall. ISBN 0-902660-39-X. Beowulf is an anonymous Old English historical epic of 3182 lines which describes the adventures of its titular character, prince Beowulf of Geats. The story goes that Beowulf slays Grendel, a monster who has tormented the hall of Hrothgar King of the Danes for twelve years. Grendel's mother seeks to gain revenge and Beowulf slays her also, after which Beowulf becomes king of the Danes himself. After 50 years, Beowulf's people are tormented by a dragon and Beowulf dies while slaying her. [38] Original speculation was that Beowulf was a Scandinavian epic translated to English, theorised due to the story's Scandinavian settings. However, Beowulf was cemented as an Old English epic through the study that heroes of folklore are not ordinarily natives of the country they save. [39] Opie, Iona; Tatem, Moira (1992). A Dictionary of Superstitions. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-172687-3.

ed. ; London : Reader's Digest Association, 1977. Physical details: 552 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims. (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.) ; 29 cm. Atherton, Mark (2017). The making of England: a new history of the Anglo-Saxon world. London: Bloomsbury Academic. pp.53–58. ISBN 978-1-78672-154-9. OCLC 975999502. Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st edition. Boards have little wear. Content is clean with slight toning. Complete DJ with little edge wear and small tape repair to inside front upper edge. Toning and some marks to inside of DJ.The Project Gutenberg eBook of Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem". www.gutenberg.org . Retrieved 2022-01-10. Rutty, John (1757). A Methodical Synopsis of Mineral Waters, comprehending the most celebrated medicinal waters, both cold and hot, of Great-Britain, Ireland, France, Germany, and Italy, and several other parts of the world. London: William Johnston. p.351.