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Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

2009

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Perilous Shores: The Unfathomable Supernaturalism Of Water In 19th-Century Scottish Folklore, Jason Marc Harris Oct 2009

Perilous Shores: The Unfathomable Supernaturalism Of Water In 19th-Century Scottish Folklore, Jason Marc Harris

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Discusses the origin and significance of water superstitions and the varied array of water creatures in 19th-century Scottish folklore; compares these folkloric elements to similar stories from Norway to Benin to ancient Greece.