Resources

Owen Davies, The Witch of Endor: A Study in History and Folklore (Audio Recording)

Prof. Owen Davies, Folklore Society Presidential Address, 2022: ‘The Witch of Endor: A Study...

Witchcraft Beliefs: Virtual Special Issue 13, 2022

Virtual Special Issues of Folklore are selections of articles on specific themes from our journal, hand...

Wiki Loves Folklore 2022

Here’s a selection of photos entered for the Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 competition by our editor...

“Peace o’er the World:” Christmas Carolling in the Hope Valley (Audio Recording)

The Katharine Briggs Lecture 2021, given online on Tuesday 16 November 2021, 18:00-19:00 by...

Brother Workmen, by Jeremy Harte (Audio recording)

The Roy Palmer Lecture 2021, hosted online by The Folklore Society, Tuesday 2 November 2021, 19:00-20:00. ‘Brother...

A Bibliography of Folklore [Index,1878-1957]

A Bibliography of Folklore as contained in the first eighty years of the publications of The Folklore...

Owen Davies, Finding the Folklore in the Annals of Psychiatry (Audio recording)

Prof. Owen Davies, Folklore Society Presidential Address, 2021 ‘Finding the Folklore in the...

A Bibliography of Folklore 1958-1967

A Bibliography of Folklore for 1958-1967…subject index vols. 69-78, of the Journal Folklore, compiled...

Archaeology and Geomythology: Virtual Special Issue 12, 2021

Virtual Special Issue of Folklore, 12, 2021: Archaeology & Geomythology Introduced by Dr Juliette...

Easter

—Jacqueline Simpson Easter, the holiest feast-day in the Christian calendar, presents two puzzling...

Death, Burial and the Afterlife: Virtual Special Issue 1, 2010

Virtual Special Issues of Folklore are selections of articles on specific themes, hand picked...

Folklore of War and Peace: Virtual Special Issue 9, 2018

Virtual Special Issues of Folklore are selections of articles from our journal on specific...

Folklore Studies and the Arthurian Legend: Virtual Special Issue 3, 2012

Virtual Special Issues of Folklore are selections of articles on specific themes hand picked...

Folklore and Anthropology: Virtual Special Issue 6, 2015

Virtual Special Issues of Folklore are selections of articles from our journal on a specific...

Cryptozoology and Fabulous Beasts: Virtual Special Issue 7, 2016

Virtual Special Issues of Folklore are selections of articles from our journal on specific...

Dragons: Virtual Special Issue 11, 2020

Virtual Special Issues of Folklore are selections of articles on specific themes from our journal,...

Folklore and Paganism: Virtual Special Issue 5, 2014

Folklore Virtual Special Issues are selections of articles on specific themes published in our journal,...

Early British Women Folklorists: Virtual Special Issue 4, 2013

Virtual Special Issues are selections of articles from our journal Folklore on various themes,...

Folklore, Religion and Contemporary Spirituality: Virtual Special Issue 2, 2011

Folklore Virtual Special Issues are unique collections of articles, editorials, and podcasts, handpicked...

Studies in Fairy Traditions: Virtual Special Issue 8, 2017

Folklore Virtual Special Issues are unique collections of articles, editorials, and podcasts, handpicked...

Aquatic Beings: Virtual Special Issue 10, 2019

Listen to Folklore‘s Virtual Special Issue 2019 podcast on Aquatic Beings, and check...

“I Cannot Find the Hanged Man” by Juliette Wood (Audio recording)

Download Dr Juliette Wood’s podcast of her Katharine Briggs Lecture 2020, “I Cannot...

Intimacies and Intimations, by David Hopkin (audio recording)

Intimacies and Intimations: Storytelling between Servants and Masters A Public Lecture for The Folklore...

Sir Terry Pratchett in conversation with Dr Jacqueline Simpson in 2010

Podcasts Recorded at the Annual Discworld Convention, August 2010, by Routledge representatives. Routledge...

A Postcard to Commemorate George Washington’s Birthday

—Juliette Wood Among the Archives and Collections of the Folklore Society is a large postcard...

Christmas

—Jacqueline Simpson For the first three centuries of Christianity, there was no liturgical feast...

Tarasque

— Jacqueline Simpson Throughout Provence, the most southerly part of France, there was a strong...

The Pearly Festival

—Juliette Wood by Dr Juliette Wood (2008) Click here to download the notes about the Canziani...

Valentines

—Jacqueline Simpson The story of St Valentine’s Day begins with some unknown medieval birdwatchers,...