Claire Cock-StarkeyLore of the Land
Folklore & Wisdom from the Wild Earth
Illustrator: Dolan, Samantha
Claire Cock-Starkey is an author who worked with Ben Schott on his hugely successful Miscellanies and Almanacs. She has worked for BBC Radio 4 and written many other miscellanies and fact-filled books on history, libraries, words, books, and museums, including: Penguins, Pineapples and Pangolins (British Library, 2016), The Book Lovers’ Miscellany (Bodleian Library Publishing, 2017). She is happiest perched in the British Library reading rooms surrounded by a pile of obscure and fascinating books, researching her next book. Samantha Dolan is an artist and illustrator from Scotland. She uses her favorite mediums, pencil, ink, and gouache paint, to create art inspired by the natural world around her. She is inspired by nature and plants along with a love of myth and folklore.
FORESTS
BETUSHKA AND THE WOOD MAIDEN, a Czech tale
CREATION STORIES OF FORESTS
WOODLAND FLOWERS
FUNGI, LICHEN, AND MOSS
WOODLAND SPIRITS
MY THICAL WOODLAND CREATURES
SEAS AND OCEANS
WHY THE SEA MOANS, a Brazilian folktale
CREATION STORIES OF SEAS AND OCEANS
SEAWEED, SHELLS, AND CORAL
SEA GODS AND GODDESSES
MERMAIDS
MY THICAL SEA MONSTERS
MOUNTAINS
THE WAR OF THE MOUNTAINS, a Māori tale
CREATION STORIES OF MOUNTAINS
SACRED MOUNTAINS
GIANTS, TROLLS, AND DWARVES
VOLCANOES
MOUNTAIN SPIRITS
HILLS AND VALLEYS
THE MAGICAL MOURAS OF THE HILLS, a Portuguese folktale
CREATION STORIES OF HILLS AND VALLEYS
MY THICAL CREATURES OF HILLS AND VALLEYS
STANDING STONES AND MEGALITHS
DRAGONS AND MY THICAL CAVE-DWELLERS
RIVERS AND LAKES
WHEN THE RIVERS RAN DRY, an Irish legend
CREATION STORIES OF RIVERS, STREAMS, AND LAKES
FOLKLORE OF RIVERSIDE PLANTS
WATER SPRITES AND DEMONS
MYTHICAL WATER CREATURES
WATERFALLS, SPRINGS, AND WELLS
WETLANDS
THE LEGEND OF VIXEN TOR, an English folktale
CREATION STORIES OF WETLANDS
SPIRITS OF WETLANDS
MAGICAL CREATURES OF WETLANDS
PLANTS AND FLOWERS OF WETLANDS
GLOSSARY
INDEX
