A New Dictionary of Fairies: A twenty first Century Exploration of Celtic and Associated Western European Fairies

Fairies are a difficult topic, intertwining tradition, folklore, and anecdotal accounts throughout centuries and millennia. Focusing totally on the Celtic talking cultures, with some materials from adjoining cultures together with Anglo-Saxon and Norse, A New Dictionary of Fairies has in-depth entries on a wide range of fairies in addition to topics associated to them, resembling why we image elves with pointed ears or the place the thought of fairies being invisible comes from. It additionally tackles extra sophisticated subjects like the character and physicality of the fairy folks. Anybody with an curiosity within the Good Neighbours will discover this e book a strong useful resource to attract from.

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