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Fairy Wives and Fairy Lovers

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Modern Fairies
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Carolyne Larrington and Fay Hield talk about love and marriage between humans and fairies.
Fairy mistresses and wives, humans captured by the fairies and animal brides feature in tales that address tensions in marriage, the longing to escape everyday life and find love elsewhere, and the sorrowful choices that women who marry away may have to make.

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Introducing Fairies and Fairyland

Carolyne Larrington and Fay Hield introduce the Modern Fairies project and talk about traditional imaginings of fairyland.
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Helpful Fairies

Carolyne Larrington and Fay Hield discuss how fairies and humans can co-operate and assist each other.
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Series
Modern Fairies
People
Carolyne Larrington
Fay Hield
Brian McMahon
Keywords
fairies
fairy brides
elves
selkies
Department: Faculty of English Language and Literature
Date Added: 08/02/2019
Duration: 00:32:19

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