Rebel Folklore, Icy Sedgwick
Rebel Folklore, Icy Sedgwick
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Rebel Folklore
Empowering Tales of Spirits, Witches, and Other Misfits from Anansi to Baba Yaga

Author: Icy Sedgwick

Narrator: Maite Jauregui

Unabridged: 4 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: DK

Published: 09/19/2023


Synopsis

Rebel Folklore gathers 50 of the darkest and most complicated folktale characters from around the world, showing readers why we should care about the rebels and misfits of ancient stories.

Folktales were humble stories, passed down generations by those on the fringes of society: women, peasants, outcast groups. Across the world, these ancient stories are filled with strange characters, complicated figures who hold up a mirror to the world that dreamt them up. From outspoken women cast as witches to anti-authority figures denounced as criminals, flawed heroes to relatable villains, Rebel Folklore celebrates 50 of these misfits and what they mean for us today.

Whether it's Muma Padurii, the Romanian forest witch who terrorizes trespassers to protect the environment, La Cegua, the horse-headed woman who haunts unfaithful men, or Robin Hood, everyone's favorite lawless activist, we can learn a lot from the rebels of days gone by: how to speak out, embrace our flaws, and be unashamedly ourselves - even if that means being a cannibalistic swamp witch.

© 2023 Icy Sedgwick © 2023 DK Audio

About The Author

Icy Sedgwick is the host of the Fabulous Folklore podcast, investigating the strange and often bizarre world of European folklore (with a focus on the British Isles). She's particularly fascinated by the appearance of folklore in popular culture, but also the ways in which folklore preserves information in an easily transmissible format. In case she tires of all that folklore research, former ghost hunter Icy also writes Gothic horror fiction while studying for a PhD, looking at the representation of haunted houses in contemporary Hollywood cinema. Like any good folklorist, she has a horseshoe over her door, and she doesn't stray too close to bodies of water...Melissa Kitty Jarram is a southeast-London-based artist working across digital and traditional mediums for clients such as Bethany Williams London, WePresent, Adidas and Nike. She embraces not only the beauty, but the hardships of the female experience and the violence inherent in life through her illustrations, paintings and moving image pieces. Her work is suffused with mythology – an extensive source of inspiration that, to this day, still unearths the depths of human nature and lends an invaluable insight into human psychology. Breaking ‘the male gaze’ is important to Jarram as she continues to explore and interpret the female form.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sarah

I have been listening to Icy’s podcast for a few years now and love her enthusiasm. This book moves out of her comfort zone of the folklore of the UK to bring to life characters from the folklore of other parts of the world. It was informative and relevant with its links to some of the issues we fac......more

Goodreads review by Lucy

Folklore is such a beautiful and important part of cultures all around the world. This book combines a great mix of different stories and tales that evaluates how a lot of beliefs have travelled, or gifted or even stolen throughout history. The illustrations and descriptions are gorgeous and bring b......more

Goodreads review by Kate

Great introductions into folklore tales from around the world. Gorgeous illustrations!! I really enjoyed the analysis of each figure through the lens of colonialism and feminism.......more

Goodreads review by India

Might actually get this as a coffee table book, really interesting......more

Goodreads review by Fae

The depth, breadth, and thoroughness of the information in this book swings wildly from one folkloric figure to the next. It's an interesting problem--this is a person who spends a lot of time in folklore and is getting a PhD, but their summaries are very inconsistent. Some characters get one page,......more