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100			_aYoung, Francis _d1981- _eauthor _925603
245	1	0	_aTwilight of the godlings _b: the shadowy beginnings of Britain's supernatural beings _c/ Francis Young.
246	3	0	_aGodlings.
246	3	0	_aShadowy beginnings of Britain's supernatural beings.
260			_aCambridge : _aNew York, NY : _bCambridge University Press, _c2023.
300			_axviii, 365 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations ; _c22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 322-348) and index.
505	0		_aSupernatural beings: The search for origins — Pt. 1. A world full of small gods: Understanding Godlings — Pt. 2. Menagerie of the divine: Godlings — Pt. 3. The nymph and the cross: Godlings and Christianisation — Pt. 4. Furies, elves and giants: Godlings in early medieval Britain — Pt. 5. The fairy synthesis: Godlings in later medieval Britain — The fairy legacy — The classicising legacy — Almost human, not quite divine.
520			_aThroughout the recorded history of Britain, belief in earthbound spirits presiding over nature, the home and human destiny has been a feature of successive cultures. From the localised deities of Britannia to the Anglo-Saxons' elves and the fairies of late medieval England, Britain's godlings have populated a shadowy, secretive realm of ritual and belief running parallel to authorised religion. Twilight of the Godlings delves deep into the elusive history of these supernatural beings, tracing their evolution from the pre-Roman Iron Age to the end of the Middle Ages. Arguing that accreted cultural assumptions must be cast aside in order to understand the godlings – including the cherished idea that these folkloric creatures are the decayed remnants of pagan gods and goddesses – this bold, revisionist book traces Britain's 'small gods' to a popular religiosity influenced by classical learning. It offers an exciting new way of grasping the island's most mysterious mythical inhabitants. needed the holistic history of Britain's small gods which arguably the field has long been looking for — consistently brings new and exciting interpretations to folkloric questions about origins which have been long contested — explores Britain's godlings in the longue durée of the millennium between the Claudian and Norman invasions, and into the High Middle Ages up to around 1400 — moves dexterously beyond the usual 'Celtic myth', pointing instead to Roman paganism as the most likely cultural background of the godlings — mandatory reading for scholars in folklore, history, mythology, religion and the history of ideas.
650		0	_aMythology, British _925604
650		0	_aNature _xReligious aspects _925605
651		0	_aGreat Britain _xReligion _925606
776	0	8	_iebook version : _z9781009330343.
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