Not everything is always straightforward in the folklore field. There are clerical errors, missing citations, fauxlore, and at worst, folklorists gone rogue. This section of the site collects murky folktale questions.
Blog Posts
Asrai
Cecaelia
Corgis as Fairy Mounts
Daisies and Red Verbena as fairy deterrents
Nicneven
Oakmen
Pillywiggins
Wulver
Yumboes
Cecaelia
Corgis as Fairy Mounts
Daisies and Red Verbena as fairy deterrents
Nicneven
Oakmen
Pillywiggins
- Part 1: What are Pillywiggins?
- Part 2: What are Pillywiggins? Revisited
- Part 3: Pillywiggins in Pop Culture
- Part 4: Pillywiggins, Etymology, and ... Knitting?
- Part 5: Diamonds and Opals: Two Romances Featuring Pillywiggins
- Part 6: Pillywiggins: An Amended Theory
- Part 1: Was Snow White a Real Person? The Maria Sophia von Erthal Theory
- Part 2: Was Snow White a Real Person? The Margarethe von Waldeck Theory
- Part 3: Was Snow White a Real Person? History of a Folktale
Wulver
Yumboes