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The Loathly Lady catalogue contains folk songs and ballads from the British Isles and beyond organised through archetypes found in song narrative motifs. With gendered themes as its central organising principle the catalogue aims to shift the gaze in folk song indexing. This aims to inspire new work, transform the old and archive the feminist*
*catalogue coming soon.
The Gentle Wife
The Murdered Sweetheart
The Monstrous Woman
The Old Hag
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