Abstract
THIS volume is an attempt to present in concise and summarized form some of the lesser facts and circumstances of British mythology which, although dealt with in some detail by writers in the more specialized journals devoted to folk-lore, have not yet received adequate attention in more popular books. It has been Mr. Spence's object to collect together many of the more local British traditions as they are expressed in legend and folk-tale, and show how the rivers, mountains, lakes and wells are peopled by a motley collection of goblins and demons, giants and monsters, vegetation spirits and supernatural birds. To the stories concerning these monsters the author has added the legendary material which has collected in such quantity around the standing stones of Britain and the dolmens and menhirs Which can be treated with them.
The Minor Traditions of British Mythology
By Lewis Spence. Pp. 176. (London: Rider and Co., 1948.) 16s. net.
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DINGWALL, E. The Minor Traditions of British Mythology. Nature 162, 388 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162388a0
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