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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.
Ruth Tongue
An examination of an imaginative British storyteller who once proclaimed herself "the last of the folklorists."
Andrew Lang
The Fairy Books of Andrew Lang make up one of the most influential English-language fairytale collections, but many of them lack sources. On this page I'm building a reference to find where those stories came from.

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Asrai
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
Snow White as historical figure
  • 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
The Soul Cages: A Fake Folktale
Wulver
Yumboes
  • Yumboes: Senegalese Fairies?
  • Yumboes and African Ghost Lore

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  • Home
  • The Thumbling Project
    • Type 700 Tales
    • Thumblings
    • Motifs
    • Timeline >
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    • Film
    • Theater
    • Tom Thumb Weddings
    • Resources
  • The Snowwhite Project
    • As White As Snow
    • Type 709 Tales
  • Lists of Fairies
    • The Little Folk
    • Mermaids
    • The Denham Tracts
    • Individual Fairies
    • Faerie Feast
    • Faerie Fashion
  • Story CSI
    • Ruth Tongue
    • Andrew Lang
  • About and Contact