{"product_id":"the-exeter-companion-to-fairies-nereids-trolls-and-other-social-supernatural-beings-european-traditions-paperback","title":"The Exeter Companion to Fairies, Nereids, Trolls and other Social Supernatural Beings: European Traditions - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSimon Young\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDavide Ermacora\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFairies, elves, and other magical beings... they're so much more than just children's tales.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor centuries, Europeans believed in a parallel supernatural realm inhabited by these beings who lived much like humans in their own communities. This 'social supernatural' world mirrored ours with troll weddings, pixy battles, nereid picnics, dwarf migrations, and the like. Social supernatural beings were thought to interact with the human world in profound ways: they whipped up storms, ensured good harvests, and healed (and, all too often, caused) illness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Exeter Companion to Fairies, Nereids, Trolls and other Social Supernatural Beings\u003c\/em\u003e dives into the rich folklore and oral traditions around the social supernatural across Europe; in fact, it pioneers the term 'social supernatural' as a folklore and supernatural category. Bringing together eighteen experts, this is the first comprehensive Europe-wide look at these beliefs and practices. Through in-depth studies, the volume explores how diverse cultures from Ireland to Ukraine, and from Norway to Greece, envisioned their supernatural neighbours and how these parallel societies reflected human concerns and desires. Our authors employ ancient, medieval, modern and, in some cases, contemporary material to tease out the 'hidden people' from obscure and, all too often, forgotten sources.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book resurrects captivating stories and traditions. For anyone fascinated by European folklore, magic, and mythology, it provides a rich research seam with up-to-date bibliographies for a dozen European countries. It will be of use to folklorists, historians, ethnologists, sociologists and also the general reader interested in the supernatural beliefs of traditional European societies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSimon Young\u003c\/strong\u003e, 'the foremost chronicler of Britain's fairies', teaches at the University of California (Accent), Florence. He has published \u003cem\u003eThe Boggart: Folklore, Place-Names, History and Dialect\u003c\/em\u003e (2023) with UEP and \u003cem\u003eThe Nail in the Skull and other Victorian Urban Legends\u003c\/em\u003e with Mississippi, which was awarded the 2023 Brian McConnell Book Award.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavide Ermacora\u003c\/strong\u003e earned his PhD in Anthropology at the University of Turin, Italy, and at Lumière University Lyon 2 in France. His research interests include the history of religions, supernatural belief systems, and traditional and contemporary legends. His first book, \u003cem\u003eMonstrous Animal Siblings in Europe: From the \u003c\/em\u003eFrater salernitanorum\u003cem\u003e to the \u003c\/em\u003esooterkin, was published in 2022 in the \u003cem\u003eBoletín de Literatura Oral \u003c\/em\u003eseries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 06, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45762088337491,"sku":"9781804132388","price":78.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/9731\/2595\/files\/qPj2vyAQU39781804132388.webp?v=1782996693","url":"https:\/\/the-stone-owl-bookstore.myshopify.com\/products\/the-exeter-companion-to-fairies-nereids-trolls-and-other-social-supernatural-beings-european-traditions-paperback","provider":"The Stone Owl Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}