"Away with the fairies" : the motif of fairy abduction and of the changeling, from Irish mythology to the Irish diaspora
This project aims at analysing the reuses of the motif of fairy abduction and of the changeling in contemporary literature, either Irish or from the Irish diaspora. Studying these tale types as they appear in the folk accounts allows a better understanding of their traditional characteristics, to th...
Main Author: | Robitaillié, Audrey |
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Queen's University Belfast
2015
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.696166 |
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