Juliette Wood

Juliette Wood is a British historian and lecturer at Cardiff University. She specializes in Celtic and Medieval history, magic, and folklore. She is a former director of the Folklore Society and an Honorary Fellow of Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales.

Wood received her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1975. Her doctoral thesis was entitled ‘Geographical Themes in Medieval Celtic and Italian Folklore'.^[1] She received an MLitt from the University of Oxford, a master's from the University of Pennsylvania, and a master's from Aberystwyth University.^[2] Before her studies, Wood was a ballet dancer in New York city.^[3]

Wood has written extensively on mythology, magic, folklore and Celtic history. She has provided expert consultation for television and radio, including the BBC.^[4][5] She was a consultant for the film 'Faeries', for the documentary series 'Myths and Monsters', and for the documentary series 'Tony Robinson's Gods & Monsters'.^[6] She contributed to BBC Radio Four's In Our Time on The Mabinogion and Faust.^[7][8] Wood is currently Reviews Editor for the Folklore Society.^[9]

Bibliography

• Fantastic Creatures in Mythology and Folklore (London: Bloomsbury, 2018)
• The Little Book of Celtic Wisdom (London: Duncan Baird, 2012)
• Eternal Chalice. The Enduring Legend of the Holy Grail (London: Bloomsbury, 2008)
• The Celts: Life, Myth and Art (London: Duncan Baird, 2001)
• The Celtic Book of Living and Dying: The Illustrated Guide to Celtic Wisdom (London: Duncan Baird, 2000)
• A Coven of Scholars: Margaret Murray and Her Working Methods, with Caroline Oates (London: Folklore Society, 1998

External links

• Cardiff University Staff Profile Page
• Juliette Wood at IMDb
• Personal Website