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All About History: History of Folklore, Fairytales and Monsters (2019)
English | 132 pages | HQ True PDF | 289 mb
Fairytales, said GK Chesterton, are more than true, not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us dragons can be beaten. The problem is, famously, that Chesterton never said that; Neil Gaiman merely claimed that he did. It made for a good story. And that’s exactly how folklore and fairytales work: the basic germ of an idea is built and rebuilt by storytellers and societies over and over again according to the needs and wants of their community, ever-changing and yet ever the same. Find out how and why archaic lore is so important to us, explore ancient stories and old adages, learn about how folklore is collected and preserved, and how what you think you know about our most well-loved tales is by no means the whole story, as we journey into the magical land of “Once upon a time...”
Folklore
10 Popular antiquities
18 Weather lore
20 The lore of nature
22 Collecting history through folktales
28 The lore of love
30 Luck of the lore
32 Exploring world folklore
36 Staying healthy
38 Hearth and home
40 Folklore re-evaluated
44 The lore of water
46 Folklore or fakelore?
Fairytales
52 Folklore versus fairytales
56 The history of fairytales
62 What makes a fairytale?
66 Animals
68 Magic
70 Religious tales
72 Realistic fairytales
74 Tales of the Stupid Ogre
76 Anecdotes and jokes
78 Formula tales
80 Fairytale archetypes
86 Origins of well-loved tales
Monsters
94 Monsters and mythical beasts
100 Werewolves
102 The undead
104 Vampires
106 The church grim
108 Hybrids
110 Dragons
112 Sea monsters
114 Mermaids
116 Fairies
118 The old gods
120 Giants
122 The phoenix
124 The unicorn
126 The white deer |
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