In addition to entries about the little people, there are also entries on certain folkloric motifs, such as shapeshifting and captives in fairyland, and on prominent collectors of tales and writers upon the subject. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Entries describe the appearance, behavior, and cultural origin of mythic creatures wellknown and obscure, collected from traditions around the world. The encyclopedia focuses on faeries of england and the surrounding area. This encyclopedia contains more than 2,200 monsters of myth and folklore, who both made life difficult for humans and fought by their side. A complete guide to fairy lore from the middle ages to the present that recounts and. The encyclopedia of celtic mythology and folklore patricia monaghan.
Everything irresistible about the fair folkjohnson, sheri j 398. Near eastern mythology library of the world s myths and legends epub book 68,17mb near eastern mythology library of the world s myths and legends epub book, 24022016 americanbritish crime drama mystery film mr. Provides an account of fairy traditions, traffic between humans and fairies, and the literary use of these beliefs. Hobgoblins, bogies, and other supernatural creatures 1st edition by katharine briggs isbn. Katharine mary briggs 8 november 1898 15 october 1980 was a british folklorist and writer. Katharine mary briggs snippet view both an anthology of fairy tales and a reference work with essays about the fairy economy, food, sports, powers and more as well as the usual index and bibliography, the book also has an index of types and motifsby which folklore tales have been categorised, thus making it easy to compare similarities between stories which someti a wonderful compendium of. Fairies have been revered and feared, sometimes simultaneously, throughout recorded history. In fairy lore, with which we are dealing here, there are two main general. A complete guide to fairy lore from the middle ages to the present that recounts and examines fairy tales, describes the food, sports, sizes, and powers of fairies, and calls attention to the traditional ways in which people protected themselves against the dangers of night travel. This book covers every type of little people from abbey. An encyclopedia of fairies hobgoblins, brownies, bogies, and other supernatural creatures 1st american ed. An encyclopedia of fairies 1976 edition open library.
To some they offer tantalizing glimpses of other worlds, to others a subversive counterpoint to. Encyclopedia of vampire mythology download ebook pdf. Encyclopedia entries include variations of the fairy name as well as sources for that particular entry. Katharine mary briggs 8 november 1898 15 october 1980 was a british folklorist and writer, who wrote the anatomy of puck, the fourvolume a dictionary of british folktales in the english language, and various other books on fairies and folklore. In 1954, the first katharine briggs book was published, titled the personnel of fairyland, a guide to the folklore of great britain. I have lost count of the number of times ive sat down with the book since the day i found it. An examination of fairy beliefs among shakespeares contemporaries and successors. Dont get me wrong, i love the book, i just feel it is lacking in the amount of. Hobgoblins, brownies, bogies, and other supernatural creatures 1976. The ultimate reference book for the magical arts, independent scholar, educator and author of several books of folklore, folkways, and mythology judika iles enables the reader to enter the world of folklore, myth and magic with binding spells and banishing spells, spells for love, luck, wealth, and power, as well as spells for spiritual protection, physical.
An encyclopedia of fairies by katharine briggs librarything. Hobgoblins, brownies, bogies, and other supernatural creatures katharine mary briggs download bok. If it available for your country it will shown as book reader and user fully subscribe will benefit by. A fairy also fay, fae, fair folk is a type of mythical being or legendary creature in european folklore and particularly celtic, slavic, german, english, and french folklore, a form of spirit, often described as metaphysical, supernatural, or preternatural myths and stories about fairies do not have a single origin, but are rather a collection of folk beliefs from disparate sources. Element encyclopedia of fairies by harpercollins in djvu, epub, rtf download ebook. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Briggs katharine mary an encyclopedia of fairies free ebook download as pdf file.
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Fantasy encyclopedia, 2005, judy allen, jonathan stroud. The fairies in tradition and literature by katharine m. Encyclopedia of fairies in world folklore and mythology. A wonderful compendium of the folkloric inhabitants of the british isles. To some they offer tantalizing glimpses of other worlds, to others a subversive counterpoint to human arrogance and weakness. An encyclopedia of fairies is a work that is at once beguiling and trustworthy a valuable reference book and a most readable one. Katharine briggs download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Both an anthology of fairy tales and a reference work with essays about the fairy. Briggs katharine mary an encyclopedia of fairies balder exlibris.
Briggs brings to her subject both a formidable background in folk scholarship and a lively pen. Briggs, 9780394734675, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Born in yorkshire in 1898, she was the daughter of a wealthy yorkshire coal miner who moved to scotland when katharine was thirteen. This outofprint, hardtofind volume is high on the wishlist of many folklore fanatics. In 1954, the first katharine briggs book was published, titled the personnel of. Element encyclopedia of fairies free pdf, djvu, epub, rtf. There are a number of slang and cant usages of the word, varying from time to time, which are beside the point for this book. Using popular beliefs in fairies as an avenue for examining folk culture, this project examines how beliefs and legends surrounding fairies in the early modern era continued into the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as a single cultural system, rather than conceiving of the victorian fairy revival as a separate form of fairy culture. Finding a copy of katharine briggs an encyclopedia of fairies first published in britain as a dictionary of fairies on a dusty shelf in a used bookshop in downtown toronto was a stroke of rare luck. This encyclopedia of concise entries, from the aseneekiwaku of northeastern north america to the zips of central america and mexico, includes.
An encyclopedia of fairies hobgoblins, brownies, bogies, and other supernatural creatures year. Briggs katharine mary an encyclopedia of fairies fairies folklore. Katharine briggs was born in hampstead, london in 1898, and was the eldest of three sisters. Hobgoblins, brownies, bogies, and other supernatural creatures katharine briggs on. Sometimes i would find entries that include descriptions of german or french variations of the english fairy, but the book doesnt go outside of western europe. Katharine mary briggs was the premier british folklorist of her generation. Perhaps she should have called it everything you wanted to know about fairies, but were afraid to ask.
Fairies and nature spirits from around the world, including those in traditional and regional fairy stories, are included. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Pdf the fairies in tradition and literature download. An encyclopedia of fairies hobgoblins, brownies, bogies, and other supernatural creatures, katharine mary briggs, 1976, juvenile nonfiction, 481 pages. Katharine briggs throughout her work communicated the thrill and delight of the world of fairies.
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