The little-studied and once much-feared boggart is a supernatural being from the north of England. Using long-forgotten sources as well as social media surveys and personal interviews, this ground-breaking book reveals that almost everything we thought we knew about the boggart is wrong.
Abbreviations
Illustrations and Maps
Acknowledgements
Preface
Part I: Situating the Boggart
1. Boggart Definitions and Sources
2. Boggart Origins
3. Boggart Distribution
Part II: Lived Boggart Folklore
4. Boggart Landscapes
5. Boggart Beliefs and Transmission
6. Social Boggarts
Part III: The Death and Rebirth of the Boggart
7. Boggart Death
8. The New Boggart
Conclusion
Appendix: Boggart A–Z
Bibliography
Index
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The Boggart von Simon Young - mit der ISBN: 9781905816910
FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology; BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Unexplained Phenomena; Boggart; folklore; legend; myth; mythical beings; tradiitional stories, Online-Buchhandlung
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