26+ English Folklore

English folklore is among the most well known in the world.

English folklore. Once attached to a family the boggart will pester them forever chasing them wherever they may run and making their belongings disappear. The folklore society fls is a learned society based in london devoted to the study of all aspects of folklore and tradition including. These are indicated by pb. A collection of articles related to witches fairies and monsters in british folklore. Hero myths and legends of the british race. Fairy also spelled faerie or faery a mythical being of folklore and romance usually having magic powers and dwelling on earth in close relationship with humans. English folklore has its own dialect with each region s tale offering something new for the reader.

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. This section has texts about the folklore and legends of england and other resources at sacred texts about the british isles. From cambridge english corpus. 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. 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. 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.

Puck in medieval english folklore a malicious fairy or demon. You ll also encounter heroes cunning folk wizards and plenty of royalty in the english folk tales. 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. As one of the leading characters in william shakespeare s midsummer night s dream puck boasts of. This pagan influence means that english folklore generally differs between regions in the country however some myths pervade most of the country. 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.