Folklore, People, and Places

Introduction: Mapping the Territory

PART I: Re-making and Re-shaping the Past





Rebuilding The Sacred Union with Basque Fountains and Springs by Maria Martinez Pison
Bedecked in Ribbons and Bows: Dressed Trees as Markers of Heritage, Hope, and Faith in Southern England by Ethan Doyle White
'Unite and Unite, and Let Us All Unite': The Social Role of the Calendar Custom in English Communities by Sophie Parkes-Nield
'The spik o the place': dialect and its place in the folkloric cultures and traditions of North-East Scotland by Peter H. Reid
Folklore, Story and Place: An Irish Tradition with Vast Touristic Value by Shane Broderick



PART II: Folklore and Indigenous Landscapes





Sacred Anishinaabeg Folklore: Okikendawt Mnisiing, the Island of the Sacred Kettles by Renee E. Mazinegiizhigoo-kwe Bedard
Break in the Reef of Time: An Indigenous Science approach to the Olowalu petroglyphs on Maui by Apela Colorado and Ryan Hurd
Creating La Cuna del Folklore Nacional: The Colonization of Indigenous Celebrations, Legends, and Landscapes in Nicaraguan State Heritage Tourism by Paul Edward Montgomery Ramirez
Tasting the Intangible: Examples of Communication from Sapmi by Kajsa G. Aberg and Doris A. Carson
Wildness Makes This World by Matthew Cowan



PART III: Reimagining folklore in a globalised world: tourism, placemaking and re-enchantment



A City Made of Stories: Re-enchantment and Narrative Placemaking in Madrid by Leticia Cortina Aracil
The Folklore of the Subterranean: The Spectres of the Underground in Dudley Tourist Sites by Sian MacFarlane
Ghosts, Extraterrestrials and (Re-)Enchantment: Possibilities and Challenges in Post-Secular Tourism by Eva Kingsepp
Mythical Park: Reflections on Folklore, its Natural Environment and Tourism by Katja Hrobat Virloget
Virtually Haunted Places: Armchair Ghost Tours Through Weird Space by Alicia Edwards-Boon

Concluding Remarks: Exploring Further