ÜBER DIESE EPISODE
Learn about the mysterious subterranean world of the mines. Why are birds bad luck? What should you do when you forget your lunch?
And what is that mysterious knocking noise?
Sources:
Anastasia Bogdonova, 'The Strange Rituals and Superstitions of Russian Miners' https://www.minexforum.com/en/the-strangest-rituals-and-superstitions-of-russian-miners/
Christopher Dyer, 'Making a Living in the Middle Ages: The People of Britain 850-1520' (2005).
Claude Lecouteux, 'Encyclopedia of Norse and Germanic Folklore, Mythology and Magic' (2016).
Georgius Agricola, De Re Metallica (Translated from the first Latin edition of 1556 by Herbert Clark Hoover) https://www.gutenberg.org/files/38015/38015-h/38015-h.htm
Ian Blanchard, 'The Miner and the Agricultural Community in Late Medieval England' https://www.bahs.org.uk/AGHR/ARTICLES/20n2a1.pdf
Jennifer Westwood and Jacqueline Simpson, 'The Lore of the Land: A Guide to England's Legends' (2005).
Johan Egerkrans, 'Vaesen'.
Ken Albaba ,'Beans': A History' (2007).
Lynn Davies, 'Aspects of Mining Folklore in Wales: Reprinted from Folk Life 9' (2009).
