Characteristics Īlthough English Folklore has many influences, its largest are its Christian, Celtic and Germanic. The stories that the Grimm brothers collected were integrated into the English school curriculum throughout the 19th century as educators of morality. Their stories inspired publishers such as William Thoms to compile legends from within English folklore and without to compose an English identity.
The Grimm brothers' publications such as German Legends and Grimms' Fairy Tales were translated from their original German and distributed across Europe in 1816. ĭuring the Renaissance, artists captured these customs in the written word such as William Shakespeare's plays reflections of English folklore through their witches, fairies, folk medicine, marriage and funeral customs, superstitions, and religious beliefs. The folklore the people of England continued to be passed down through oral tradition. Norse words were then introduced into the English language, and eventually English folklore melded with Norse traditions such as in their iconography, which became more Greek, and in their clothing and folktales which adopted more Nordic elements. The king of Wessex, King Alfred, prevailed against King Guthrum's troops in 878 and King Guthrum was baptised and became the ruler of Chippenham.
King Guthrum being appointed as a Christian by King Alfred before becoming the ruler of Chippenhamīefore England was founded in the year 927, Wessex and its surrounding areas' cultures were transformed by the invasion of the Danish King Guthrum between 865 and 878.
0 kommentar(er)
