Jacqueline Simpson

The folklore of Discworld

Jennifer Westwood

Stop off at any English village or town or wander through the countryside and you will almost certainly brush up against some deep-rooted local myth or legend. This text looks at some of these stories, county by county, explaining when they date from, how they arose and what basis, if any, they have in fact.

A Guide to England's Legends, from Spring-heeled Jack to the Witches of Warboys

The Lore of the Land

Terry Pratchett

"A beginner's guide to British and European folklore as reflected, celebrated and affectionately libelled in the phenomenally successful Discworld series. Co-written by Terry Pratchett and renowned British folklorist Jacqueline Simpson." -- Provided by publisher.

Legends, Myths and Customs from the Discworld with Helpful Hints from Planet Earth

The Folklore of Discworld

Terry Pratchett joins up with a leading folklorist to reveal the legends, myths and customs of Discworld, together with helpful hints from Planet Earth. Most of us grew up having always known when to touch wood or cross our fingers, and what happens when a princess kisses a frog or a boy pulls a sword from a stone, yet sadly some of these things are beginning to be forgotten. Legends, myths, and fairy tales: our world is made up of the stories we told ourselves about where we came from and how we got here. It is the same on Discworld, except that beings, which on Earth are creatures of the imagination — like vampires, trolls, witches and, possibly, gods — are real, alive and, in some cases kicking, on the Disc. In The Folklore of Discworld, Terry Pratchett teams up with leading British folklorist Jacqueline Simpson to take an irreverent yet illuminating look at the living myths and folklore that are reflected, celebrated and affectionately libelled in the uniquely imaginative universe of Discworld.

This book of 85 stories from medieval Iceland illustrates a variety of supernatural beliefs concerning elves, gigantic trolls, water monsters, ghosts, wizards, and black magic rites, buried treasure, and religious tales. The stories are intimately linked to the landscape and reflect the hopes, fears, hardships, and preoccupations of everyday life. The translation of each tale is accompanied by an explanatory introduction and notes.

Icelandic Folktales & Legends

England's history echoes with stories of unquiet spirits and hauntings, of headless highwaymen and grey ladies, of indelible bloodstains and premonitions of death. Here, county by county and place by place, Jennifer Westwood and Jacqueline Simpson gather together all the most interesting supernatural tales from The Lore of the Land. From a ghostly army marching across Cumbria and landlords' appeals against rates (because no one will rent their haunted houses), to Francis Drake's drum summoning him when England is in danger, these fascinating and unforgettable stories are part of our legendary past - and present.

Haunted England

The Penguin Book of Ghosts

Gerald Jung

Terry Pratchetts Welt ist eine Scheibe. (Von der sich so mancher Autor eine abschneiden kann.)Wenn es um Märchen, Legenden und Mythen geht, dann ist die Scheibenwelt unserer Rundwelt eigentlich ziemlich ähnlich. Es gibt aber einen entscheidenden Unterschied: Auf der Scheibe sind die meisten Wesen, die wir nur aus Märchen kennen, tatsächlich real. Es gibt Hexen, Trolle, Zwerge, Zauberer, ungefähr 3000 Götter, Vampire und unzählige kuriose Wesen mehr. Natürlich erinnern viele auf Anhieb an etwas, von dem man auch auf der Rundwelt schon gehört hat. Jeder weiß, dass Vampire Blut trinken und Zwerge kleine, kräftig gebaute Wesen sind. Aber nicht jeder weiß, warum die Scheibenwelt auf vier Elefanten ruht oder warum eine Schildkröte die Last der Welt trägt. Oder was es heißt, ein Zwerg zu sein. Nicht alles, was auf der Scheibenwelt passiert, ist für Rundweltbewohner verständlich. Viele Legenden sind längst vergessen. Daher kann es durchaus hilfreich sein, einen Experten zu bitten, den Vorhang zu lüften, sodass wir endlich erfahren, was den Zauber der Scheibenwelt ausmacht und was das alles letztlich mit uns zu tun hat ... Terry Pratchett hat sich für dieses wunderbar augenzwinkernde und gleichzeitig erhellende Werk mit der renommierten britischen Volkskundlerin Jacqueline Simpson zusammengetan.

Sagen, Sitten und Gebräuche auf der Scheibenwelt mit hilfreichen Hinweisen auf erstaunliche Parallelen zum Planeten Erde

Mythen und Legenden der Scheibenwelt

Stephen Roud

An entertaining reference on English folklore features 1250 entries that shed new light on the colorful history behind the holidays, legends, superstitions, traditions, contemporary urban legends, and customs of England, discussing such topics as Mother Goose, Robin Hood, folk cures, wishbone wishes, festivals, and more.

A Dictionary of English Folklore

Sussex, though near London and nowadays extensively urbanised, has a rich heritage of traditional local stories, customs and beliefs. Among many topics explored here are tales linked to landscape features and ancient churches which involve such colourful themes as lost bells, buried treasures, dragons, fairies and the devil. There are also traditions relating to ghosts, graves and gibbets and the strange powers of witches. This book, when it was first published in 1973, was the first to be entirely devoted to Sussex folklore. This new edition contains information collected over the last thirty years, updated accounts of county customs and, alongside the original line drawings, is illustrated with photographs and printed ephemera relating to Sussex lore.

Folklore of Sussex

A Guide to England's Legends, from Spring-Heeled Jack to the Witches of Warboys

From giants and bogeymen to fairies and witches - a detailed exploration of the folklore of Sussex

Eric Partridge

Drawn from the Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, with the emphasis on the expressions used or coined before 1914.

The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang

The notion that witchcraft faded away with the onset of the scientific revolution is entirely mistaken. This text stands in the grand tradition of writing and witchcraft and suggests that magic was alive and well in 19th-century Scotland, as contemporary newspaper reports confirm.

Jacqueline Simpson

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