The Silver Bough: Scottish Folklore and Folk-belief v. 1 - Hardcover
This book, the first and most popular of four volumes, is a marvelous and indispensable treasury of Scottish folklore and folk belief from the world of Celtic magic, gods and fairies, to the prophecies of the Brahan seer, second sight, witchcraft, earth magic, selkies, changelings and a host of traditional spells and cures. The Silver Bough involved many years of research into both living and recorded folklore. Its genesis lies perhaps in the author's need to reconcile the old primitive world she had glimpsed in her Orkney childhood, with the sophisticated modern world she later entered. This much loved and highly regarded work remains a classic of literature.
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- PublisherMacllellan
- Publication date1957
- ISBN 10 0853351619
- ISBN 13 9780853351610
- BindingHardcover
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