Simon’s British Mythology Substack

Taking the Fairies to Court: Darby vs the Rade in 1837

In 1837 mad and bad Limerick Darby O' Grady took the fairies to court. The outcome was something no one could have expected...

Jun 5 • simon young

Fungi and Fairies: Five Fairy Mushroom Secrets

How the science of fungi explains fairy folklore.

May 29 • simon young

The Death of Fairy Funerals: A Boy, a Poet and a Philosopher

Fairy funerals are common in our folklore collections. But are they a genuine part of fairylore or a nineteenth century invention?

May 22 • simon young

The Tinner, the Pilchards and the Dead Fairy: A Fairy Funeral in Cornwall

Richard spied on a fairy funeral and came to regret it: but is the account as reliable as advertised?

May 15 • simon young

All Hail the Supernaturalist & The Failures of Folklore and History

Historians and folklorists fail to do justice to supernatural experiences and beliefs. We need 'supernaturalists'...

May 8 • simon young

Raising the Dead Fairy-Style: A Witch, A Copper and the Sidh in 19C Ireland

How a policeman came to believe that the fairies were bringing his family back from the dead in nineteenth-century Ireland.

May 1 • simon young

In Search of Aubrey's Missing Fairies: Boys, Pygmies and (Possibly) A Drunk Vicar

A fairy attack, a schoolboy adventure and a valuable prize for the reader who can track down a passage that has been missing for 400 years.

Apr 24 • simon young

Big Trouble in Mythic Kashmir: British Fairies and Indian Changelings

Can an Indian legend throw light on British fairylore? And what about the changeling wars...

Apr 17 • simon young

Simon’s British Mythology Substack

Welcome to the British dreamtime. A valiant attempt to recreate the mythology of Britain's best documented supernatural generations, the long nineteenth century, from 1765-1918. Fairies to ghosts, witchcraft to priestcraft, angels to devils....

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