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From dragons to devil dogs, fairies to vampires, history is full of tales of mysterious creatures that haunt the British Isles. Carolyne Larrington explores how such folktales are deeply embedded in the British landscape, and reveals how through history they have helped people to deal with ubiquitous concerns about life and death.