Pagan and Christian Mythology

Description

This file contains items relating to pagan gods and legends, giants and Christian mythology. The file includes a copy of Stewart Sanderson's paper, 'Abitanti Soprannaturali delle Acque Scozzesi / Supernatural Inhabitants of Scottish Waters', offprinted from 'Etnografia e Folklore del Mare', (Napoli: L'Arte Tipografica, [1955]), pp. 665-670, on the types of being believed to inhabit the waters in and around Scotland; H. S. L. Dewar's pamphlet, 'The Giant of Cerne Abbas' (St. Peter Port: Toucan Press, 1968), 10 pp.; a photocopy of a newspaper cutting from 'The Guardian' on a sea monster caught off Southern Tanzania (26 May 1975); an ms. letter from Frank Weatherill on various topics (10 June 1971), accompanying a photocopy of an ms. by William Millner, said to be a copy of a letter written by Jesus Christ (1795); photocopies of extracts from ms. letters about pagan priests on Iona and their ghosts (14 February 1975 and 18 February 1976); a photocopy of an ms. letter from Joy S. Asquith to
Stewart Sanderson about the appearance of a hovering monk-like figure in a photograph taken at Glendalough (County Wicklow), and dialect (18 September 1975); a mounted magazine cutting from 'Country Life' on the figure of a devil under the eves of a York shop (29 June 1972); and a postcard of the Lincoln Imp at Lincoln Cathedral, with an outline of its legend.


File contents retained in original classification order, and chronologically within this.

Access and usage

Reproduction

Access

There are no access restrictions on items in the Folk Life File.

Material in this collection is in copyright. Photocopies or digital images can only be supplied by the Library for research or private study within the terms of copyright legislation. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain the copyright holder's permission to reproduce for any other purpose. Guidance is available on tracing copyright status and ownership.

Related material

Other papers by Frank Weatherill on folklore, folk songs, drama and games, are held at

- LAVC/FLF/13/1/8

- LAVC/FLF/14/1/3/6

- LAVC/FLF/14/4/10

- LAVC/FLF/15/4.


Other papers by Stewart Sanderson are held with Institute Staff Papers at LAVC/STA/1. Papers by Sanderson are also held in the Folk Life File, and photographs by him in the Photo File. For a list of these items see LAVC/STA/1 (Associated Material).

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