Abstract
This paper presents narrations about fairies as they were transferred to the researcher by old relatives from a village in West Fthiotis. These narrations have survived for centuries passing from generation to generation through oral tradition. Our research questions refer to the plausibility and validity of the “lived experiences” of the informants, the kinds and characteristics of fairies, their selective appearance to certain kinds of people and the consequences of these encounters. We are also examining the role of Church in implementing deterring practices and whether there exist hidden symbolic representations and functions of a certain social structure and family dynamics in traditional, rural communities such as the homeland of our informants. The interviews took place in 2014. They were either recorded or filmed and then they were transcribed and commentated as an assignment in a special unit of Folklore Studies in the University of Athens, School of Greek Philology.
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Stavroula SotiropoulouPostgraduate Student, Folklore Studies, Department of Philology , National and Kapodistrian University of Athens , Greece
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Narrations, Fairies, West Fthiotis, Oral Tradition, Representations, Rural Community, Folklore
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