Witchcraft & Folk Magic
PUBLIC DOMAINThe Fairy Mythology
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- English
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- 477
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- 1.1 MB
Keightley’s classic folklore survey follows elves, fairies and household spirits across Europe, revealing older beings hidden beneath the softened masks of modern fantasy.
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Thomas Keightley’s nineteenth-century study compares fairy traditions from Ireland, Scotland, Scandinavia, Germany and other European regions. Drawing on legends, ballads and literary sources, it presents fairies not merely as charming figures but as unpredictable beings associated with abduction, bargains, altered time and dangerous places. Its comparative framework is dated yet foundational. The archive it opens is beautiful and severe: beyond the familiar path, another society waits under hill and forest, governed by rules never written for humans.
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Nineteenth-century European folklore
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