Jacqueline Simpson
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Jacqueline Simpson is a researcher of, and author on folklore and legend.
"Jacqueline Simpson's translations [of Icelandic Folktales & Legends]first appeared in 1972; this new issue brings these classic tales to a brand new audience. With a very complete set of indexes and bibliography, the 224-page book is broken up into seven sections, based upon the nature of the 85 tales: 'The Hidden People' (or elves), 'Trolls', 'Water-Dwellers', 'Ghosts', 'Black Magic', 'Buried Treasure' and 'God and the Devil'." Patrick O'Donnell, The Green Man Review
Works include:
A Dictionary of English Folklore (with Steve Roud)
Everyday Life in the Viking Age
Icelandic Folktales (Editor)
British Dragons
European Mythology
Folklore of Sussex
Folklore of the Welsh Border
The Lore of the Land: A Guide to England's Local Legends (with Jennifer Westwwod)
Scandinavian folktales(Editor)
A dictionary of historical slang (with Eric Partridge)
Beowulf and Its Analogues (with George Norman Garmonsway and Hilda Ellis Davidson)
Icelandic Folktales & Legends
Also cited for disclaiming theories proposed by Margaret Murray.
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Jacqueline Simpson (2003) Repentant soul or walking corpse? Debatable apparitions in Medieval England, folklore.
