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bev cast 7:Layout 1 7/29/14 11:14 AM Page i Children into Swans bev cast 7:Layout 1 7/29/14 11:14 AM Page ii bev cast 7:Layout 1 7/29/14 11:14 AM Page iii C H I L D R EN I N T O S WA N S Fairy Tales and the Pagan Imagination Jan Beveridge McGill-Queen’sUniversityPress Montreal&Kingston | London | Ithaca bev cast 7:Layout 1 7/29/14 11:14 AM Page iv © McGill-Queen’sUniversityPress2014 isbn978-0-7735-4394-2(cloth) isbn978-0-7735-9616-0(epdf) isbn978-0-7735-9617-7(epub) Legaldepositfourthquarter2014 BibliothèquenationaleduQuébec PrintedinCanadaonacid-freepaperthatis100%ancientforestfree (100%post-consumerrecycled),processedchlorinefree McGill-Queen’sUniversityPressacknowledgesthesupportofthe CanadaCouncilfortheArtsforourpublishingprogram.Wealso acknowledgethefinancialsupportoftheGovernmentofCanada throughtheCanadaBookFundforourpublishingactivities. LibraryandArchivesCanadaCataloguinginPublication Beveridge,Jan,1945–,author Childrenintoswans:fairytalesandthepaganimagination/ JanBeveridge. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. Issuedinprintandelectronicformats. isbn978-0-7735-4394-2(bound).– isbn978-0-7735-9616-0(epdf).– isbn978-0-7735-9617-7(epub) 1.Fairytales–Europe–Historyandcriticism. 2.Fairytales–Europe–Themes,motives. I.Title. gr135.b492014 398.2094 c2014-903646-9 c2014-903647-7 bev cast 7:Layout 1 7/29/14 11:14 AM Page v ForTerry bev cast 7:Layout 1 7/29/14 11:14 AM Page vi bev cast 7:Layout 1 7/29/14 11:14 AM Page vii 1 Contents Acknowledgments • ix Preface • xi ANoteonSpelling • xiii Pronunciation • xv part one History 1 EarlyStorytellers • 3 2 TheOldest“Fairy”Tale • 13 3 TheManuscript • 19 4 FolkTalesandFairyTales • 28 part two Characters 5 Fairies • 37 6 Elves • 50 7 Dwarfs • 60 8 HouseholdSpirits • 71 9 WaterDwellers • 79 10 Giants • 90 11 SoulsandSpirits • 103 bev cast 7:Layout 1 7/29/14 11:14 AM Page viii Contents part three StoriesfromthePaganYear 12 FestivalDays • 115 13 Beltaine • 118 14 Samain • 127 15 MidwinterandMidsummer • 136 part four Storytellers’Themes 16 Wishing,orDreamsComeTrue • 149 17 TheTripleForm • 158 18 Shape-Shifting • 167 19 OmensandProphecies • 177 20 BetweenTwoWorlds • 189 21 Spells • 198 22 Trees • 205 23 TheInvisibleWorld • 214 24 AFairyTaleAlmostForgotten • 224 Notes • 239 SelectedBibliography • 257 Index • 271 viii bev cast 7:Layout 1 7/29/14 11:14 AM Page ix 1 Acknowledgments WithpleasureIacknowledgemygratitudetothosewhoreadthemanu- scriptorpartsofitandofferedadvice:NancyFischer,GwenSwick,Anna Barnett,mydaughterBreeWalpole,andDonnaMcCawwhoenthusias- ticallyreadittwice.IoweadeepdebtofgratitudetoDanaRodgers,whose carefulreadingofthemanuscriptandthoughtfulsuggestionsresultedin manyimprovements.IamalsoindebtedtoMaryAnneNevilleforher helpfulcorrectionstothetext.Thebookbenefitedgreatlyfromrecom- mendationsof theanonymousreviewerswhoreadandcommentedon themanuscriptforthepublisher.WhileIwasresearchingforthisproject, librarystaffinToronto,Galway,Dublin,andCopenhagenwerehelpfulin making resources available, and Robin Bergart at the University of Guelph’sMcLaughlinLibrarywentoverandabovetheusualtobringin materialforme.IcannotadequatelyexpresswhatIowetoMarkAbley, editoratMcGill-Queen’sUniversityPress,whosawsomethinginterest- ing in the early pages that arrived on his desk about stories from the depths of a distant past,and from that time on was supportive of this projectandmadethebookreal.IamgratefultoRyanVanHuijsteeand everyoneelseat McGill-Queen’swhowasinvolvedwith thebook,with specialthankstoKateBaltaisforeditingandtoDavidLeblancwhode- signedthecover;itfitsthebookperfectly.MythanksgoaswelltoJoAnn HayterandJanFeduckwhoencouragedandinspiredmetoseethisproj- ectthrough,toBradenBeveridgeforbookarrangementanddesignsug- gestions,andtomyhusbandTerrywhotaughtme,byexample,tonever stoplearning.

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Fairy tales are alive with the supernatural - elves, dwarfs, fairies, giants, and trolls, as well as witches with magic wands and sorcerers who cast spells and enchantments. Children into Swans examines these motifs in a range of ancient stories. Moving from the rich period of nineteenth-century fai
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