Jacqueline Simpson

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Jacqueline Simpson is a researcher of, and author on folklore and legend.

"Jacqueline Simpson's translations [of Icelandic Folktales & Legends]first appeared in 1972; this new issue brings these classic tales to a brand new audience. With a very complete set of indexes and bibliography, the 224-page book is broken up into seven sections, based upon the nature of the 85 tales: 'The Hidden People' (or elves), 'Trolls', 'Water-Dwellers', 'Ghosts', 'Black Magic', 'Buried Treasure' and 'God and the Devil'." Patrick O'Donnell, The Green Man Review

Works include:

A Dictionary of English Folklore (with Steve Roud)

Everyday Life in the Viking Age

Icelandic Folktales (Editor)

British Dragons

European Mythology

Folklore of Sussex

Folklore of the Welsh Border

The Lore of the Land: A Guide to England's Local Legends (with Jennifer Westwwod)

Scandinavian folktales(Editor)

A dictionary of historical slang (with Eric Partridge)

Beowulf and Its Analogues (with George Norman Garmonsway and Hilda Ellis Davidson)