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Epilogue

The Fairy Legacy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2023

Francis Young
Francis Young
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The book’s epilogue summarises the book’s argument that Britain’s godlings have a long history, arising from a mingling and interplay of learned and popular traditions. The epilogue looks ahead to the development of fairy belief into its recognisable, modern form in the early modern period and pays particular attention to the survival or revival of Classical (and classicising) elements in the portrayal of small gods. The epilogue concludes with a reflection on why people yearn to believe in godlings of nature, arguing that it arises from a human desire to connect with a real or imagined realm of the ‘almost human’.

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Classicismcryptozoologyfairiesantiquariessurvival
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Twilight of the Godlings
The Shadowy Beginnings of Britain's Supernatural Beings
 , pp. 305 - 321
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Epilogue
  • Francis Young, Independent scholar
  • Book: Twilight of the Godlings
  • Online publication: 09 March 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009330343.008
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  • Epilogue
  • Francis Young, Independent scholar
  • Book: Twilight of the Godlings
  • Online publication: 09 March 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009330343.008
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  • Epilogue
  • Francis Young, Independent scholar
  • Book: Twilight of the Godlings
  • Online publication: 09 March 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009330343.008
Available formats
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