The Enchanted Land: Myths and Legends of Britain's Landscape

The Enchanted Land examines British folklore attached to the physical landscape, organising its material around seven types of land and water feature. Hills, rivers and springs provide the settings for stories that explain how particular places came into being, as well as accounts of the ways people used or understood them.

Janet and Colin Bord bring together hundreds of legends in which landscape carries memory, meaning and traditional belief. The book connects natural features with local storytelling, showing how familiar parts of Britain became associated with origins, customs and reported supernatural significance. Its focus remains firmly place-based, making it a useful reference for the folklore surrounding Britain’s hills, waterways and springs.