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The first major new book on British superstitions and their history in over a generation, this survey not only explains what people have believed and why, but when superstitions arose, which parts of the country adopted them, how they evolved and what people believe today. Drawing extensively on literary sources from medieval times to the present, the book settles many arguments, debunks many myths and provides in the process a fascinating sideways view of social customs and beliefs over the centuries.
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A Pocket Guide to Superstitions of the British Isles, Steve Roud
- Language
- Released
- 2004
- Binding
- (Hardcover)
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- Title
- A Pocket Guide to Superstitions of the British Isles
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Steve Roud
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 2004
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN10
- 0140515496
- ISBN13
- 9780140515497
- Series
- Tags
- Travel, References & Manuals, British Literature, Europe, Mythology, Great Britain, Folklore, Folk Culture
- Description
- The first major new book on British superstitions and their history in over a generation, this survey not only explains what people have believed and why, but when superstitions arose, which parts of the country adopted them, how they evolved and what people believe today. Drawing extensively on literary sources from medieval times to the present, the book settles many arguments, debunks many myths and provides in the process a fascinating sideways view of social customs and beliefs over the centuries.