“The ballad’s enduring appeal (and Romantasy’s, too) is that it flips the traditional narrative of heroism on its head”

In the early Scottish ballad “Tam Lin”, the titular man is rescued from the fairies by the bravery of Janet, the heroine

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/romantasy-history-acotar-celtic-folklore

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