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I happened upon this announcement from Durham University and thought it might be of interest here:
Between Worlds: Folklore and Fairy Tales from Northern Britain
14 October 2017 - 25 February 2018 , 09:00 to 17:00
Palace Green Library
14 October 2017 – 25 February 2018
Close your eyes and picture a fairy. You might see a pretty little thing with wings, eager to make all your wishes come true. This is the version of fairies that we know today, but there also exists a much older, very different idea of a fairy, that might not look and act how you expect.
This new temporary exhibition takes its inspiration from medieval romance, ballads, and collections of folklore compiled between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, which tell of encounters with otherworldly creatures and journeys into mysterious worlds. It presents a forgotten type of fairy tale, very different to those that we are familiar with in today’s popular culture.
https://www.dur.ac.uk/palace.green/whatson/details/?id=36250
Between Worlds: Folklore and Fairy Tales from Northern Britain
14 October 2017 - 25 February 2018 , 09:00 to 17:00
Palace Green Library
14 October 2017 – 25 February 2018
Close your eyes and picture a fairy. You might see a pretty little thing with wings, eager to make all your wishes come true. This is the version of fairies that we know today, but there also exists a much older, very different idea of a fairy, that might not look and act how you expect.
This new temporary exhibition takes its inspiration from medieval romance, ballads, and collections of folklore compiled between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, which tell of encounters with otherworldly creatures and journeys into mysterious worlds. It presents a forgotten type of fairy tale, very different to those that we are familiar with in today’s popular culture.
https://www.dur.ac.uk/palace.green/whatson/details/?id=36250