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

by Icy Sedgwick

Folktales from the fringes

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Folktales from the fringes

Drawing on 50 folktale figures from around the world, Rebel Folklore turns attention to characters often cast as troublesome or unacceptable: outspoken women labeled witches, anti-authority outcasts, flawed heroes, and relatable villains. The book frames these stories as products of the societies that passed them down, with particular attention to people on the margins, including women, peasants, and outcast groups. Its organizing idea is that such complicated figures can reflect the worlds that imagined them—and remain meaningful beyond their original settings. The result is a cross-cultural look at how folklore gives shape to rebellion, social exclusion, and the uneasy boundary between hero and villain.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers interested in folklore and traditional stories from different cultures.
  • For readers exploring how tales portray outsiders, rebels, and socially marginalized people.
  • For readers interested in witches, spirits, and morally complicated figures in folklore.

Themes

Folklore across culturesRebellion and authoritySocial marginalizationComplex heroes and villains

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Book overview

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.

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