A Dictionary of British Folk-Tales Folk Legends Volume I Part B

KATHARINE M. BRIGGS

Reference

Indiana University Press

<p>VERT GOOD FIRST AMERICAN EDITION hardcover, free tracking number, clean text, solid binding, NO remainders NOT ex-library, smoke free; slight gentle shelfwear / storage-wear; jacket lacking; spine shows some fading WE SHIP FAST. Carefully packed and quickly sent. 201713847 A complete guide to fairy lore from the Middle Ages to the present. Both an anthology of fairy tales and a reference work with essays about the fairy economy, food, sports, powers and more. This book covers every type of "little people" from abbey lubbers to Young Tam Lin. Not just the tiny, translucent winged pixies of popular art, but brownies, goblins and bogies, even larger creatures like dragons and mermaids. Exhaustive in its coverage, while still entertaining. This book covers every type of "little people" from abbey lubbers to Young Tam Lin. Not just the tiny, translucent winged pixies of popular art, but brownies, goblins and bogies, even larger creatures like dragons and mermaids. Exhaustive in its coverage, while still entertaining. Please choose Priority / Expedited shipping for faster delivery. (No shipping to Mexico, Brazil, Argentina or Italy.)</p>

An Encyclopedia of Fairies: Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies, and Other Supernatural Creatures

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Pantheon Books

British Folk Tales and Legends: A Sampler

Literature & Fiction

British & Irish

Flamingo

A classic in folklore scholarship arranged in 2 parts. Folk Narratives contains tales told for edification or delight, but not thought to be factually true.Folk Legends presents tales the tellers believed to be records of actual events. Part A - 978-0-415-06694-5

Dictionary of British Folk Tales in the English Language: Folk Legends Pt. B

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

Law Book Co of Australasia

A sampler of British folk-tales

Hobberdy Dick

Children's Books

Kestrel Books

Kate Crackernuts (A Kelpie Paperback) (Kelpies)

Canongate Books Ltd.

Hobberdy Dick (Kelpies)

<p>Fairies fascinate young and old alike. To some they offer tantalizing glimpses of other worlds. to others a subversive counterpoint to human arrogance and weakness. Like no other author. Katharine Briggs throughout her work communicated the thrill and delight of the world of fairies. and in this book she articulated for the first time the history of that world in tradition and literature.From every period and every country. poets and storytellers have described a magical world inhabited by elfin spirits. Capricious and vengeful. or beautiful and generous. theyve held us in thrall for generations. And on a summers morn. as the dew dries softly on the grass. if you kneel and look under a toadstool. well ...</p>

The Fairies in English Tradition and Literature

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Bellew Publishing Co. Ltd.

Jane Nissen Books

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