Katharine Mary Briggs (8 November 1898 – 15 October 1980) was a British folklorist and writer, who wrote The Anatomy of Puck, the four-volume A Dictionary...
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Katharine Briggs may refer to: Katharine Mary Briggs (1898–1980), British author of various books on fairies and folklore Katharine Cook Briggs (1875–1968)...
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Katharine Cook Briggs (January 3, 1875 – July 10, 1968) was an American writer who was the co-creator, with her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers, of an inventory...
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1963), British judoka Katharine Cook Briggs (1875–1968), American co-inventor of the Myers-Briggs personality test Katharine Mary Briggs (1898–1980), British...
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The Folklore Society (redirect from Katharine Briggs Folklore Award)
2023-current David Hopkin The Katharine Briggs Award is an annual book prize awarded by the Society in honour of Katharine Mary Briggs (who was the society's...
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co-created the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) with her mother, Katharine Cook Briggs. The MBTI is one of the most-often used personality tests worldwide;...
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with the wicked Unseelie Court. As described by British folklorist Katharine Mary Briggs, the Seelie Court were those fairies who would seek help from humans...
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likely to be harmful. Leprechauns and banshees are solitary fairies. Katharine Mary Briggs noted that a third distinction might be needed for "domesticated...
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Perthshire is considered to be a kelpie by 20th-century folklorist Katharine Mary Briggs, but a similar tale also set in Perthshire has an each uisge as...
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folklore which also might be referred to as Puck See for example Katharine Mary Briggs, Anatomy of Puck. New York: Arno, 1977c1959. ISBN 0405100825 OCLC 2876094...
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"ESTJ". The MBTI was constructed by two Americans: Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers, who were inspired by the book Psychological...
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portrait painter Charles Henry Newmarch (1824–1903), cleric and author Katharine Mary Briggs (1898–1980), folklorist and writer, lived in Burford Edward Mortimer...
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credited with mighty feats of engineering and overnight construction. Katharine Mary Briggs, An Encyclopedia of Fairies (Pantheon Books, 1976) p. xi. ISBN 0-394-73467-X...
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Arthurian Tradition." Arthurian Literature. 21. (2004): 115–136. Katharine Mary Briggs (1976). An Encyclopedia of Fairies, Hobgoblins, Brownies, Boogies...
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of Kate Crackernuts made its way into Anglo-American folklore. Katharine Mary Briggs adapted the story for her children's novel, Kate Crackernuts. Sheila...
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though he liked to eat raw fish and eventually returned to the sea. Katharine Mary Briggs opined that the mermen are "often uglier and rougher in the British...
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Lewis (from The Silver Chair) "Martha in The Witch’s Power" by Katharine Mary Briggs (from Hobberdy Dick) "Abu Ali Meets a Dragon" by Noel Langley from...
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typical example of "External soul" motif (E 710) by folklorist Katharine Mary Briggs. It has been pointed out that the Easaidh Ruadh refers to a place...
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MiddleGate Books: The Serpent's Spell, Amber Ambrosia, Fish & Sphinx Katharine Mary Briggs (1898–1980) – Hobberdy Dick, Kate Crackernuts Robert Bright (1902–1988)...
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Gasazi Katharine Mary Briggs (with Anne Yvonne Gilbert) – Abbey Lubbers, Banshees, & Boggarts: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Fairies Raymond Briggs – Fungus...
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of her father's tasks. He laughs and remembers her. Folklorist Katharine Mary Briggs reported a similar story from Scotland, titled Green Sleeves. In...
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and the worlds they inhabit. Baker, Malcolm. "Esdaile [née McDowall], Katharine Ada". ODNB. Retrieved 30 November 2017. "Professor Andrew Burrows appointed...
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Bradley (Balliol) Melvyn Bragg (Wadham) Jacky Bratton (St Anne's) Katharine Mary Briggs (Lady Margaret Hall) Vera Brittain (Somerville) Cleanth Brooks (Exeter)...
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Stones". BBC: Where I live: Oxford. BBC. Retrieved 19 June 2009. Katharine Mary Briggs, Folklore of the Cotswolds (1974:14). Evans 1895:24. Aubrey Burl...
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Bridges (1878–1972), novelist and playwright Katharine Mary Briggs (1898–1980), folklore writer Raymond Briggs (1934–2022), children's writer and illustrator...
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Princess of the Midnight Ball (2009) Heather Dixon's Entwined (2011) Katharine Mary Briggs's Kate Crackernuts (1963) based on the Scottish fairy tale Kate Crackernuts...
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(born 1903) Arthur Pearson, politician (born 1897) 15 October – Katharine Mary Briggs, folklorist and writer (born 1898) 19 October – D. G. Bridson, radio...
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link] Briggs, Katharine Mary (1961), "Some Late Accounts of the Fairies", Folklore, 72 (3), Taylor and Francis, JSTOR 1258579 Briggs, Katharine Mary (2002)...
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) Wright, Elizabeth Mary (1913). Rustic Speech and Folk-Lore. Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press. p. 199. Briggs, Katharine (1976). An Encyclopedia...
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figure", appearing, for instance, in Armorica. British folklorist Katharine Mary Briggs, while acknowledging the universality of the tale, suggested the...
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