Making Fairy Folk

Making Fairy Folk
Author: Steffi Stern
Publisher:
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2022-01-31
Genre:
ISBN: 9781912480517

Another fun set of projects to enjoy this fast-growing popular craft, from the author of Making Needle-Felted Animals In this new title there are 30 magical characters to make, from fairies and sprites to gnomes and wildlife. Hand-drawn illustrations and clear instructions show every stage of the projects which are suitable for all levels of expertise. Fabulously engaging photographs throughout complement the illustrations and bring each character to life.

Magical Folk

Magical Folk
Author: Simon Young
Publisher: Gibson Square
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2021-05-10
Genre: Fairies
ISBN: 9781783341023

Fairy Lore

Fairy Lore
Author: D. L. Ashliman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2005-12-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0313042004

Fairy lore concerns beliefs about elves, dwarfs, gnomes, trolls, mermaids, brownies, pixies, leprechauns, and many other beings found in world folklore. Written for students and general readers, this book is an introduction to fairy lore from around the world. The handbook defines and classifies types of fairies, provides numerous examples and texts, overviews scholarship, and discusses the role of fairies in art, film, and popular culture. It closes with a glossary and a bibliography of print and electronic resources.

A Natural History of Fairies

A Natural History of Fairies
Author: Emily Hawkins
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Total Pages: 67
Release: 2020-09-22
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0711247668

Fairies are all around us - you just need to look carefully and you'll see signs of them everywhere. Written and compiled by the esteemed botanist Professor Arbour, prepare to be amazed as we discover everything there is to know about the natural history of fairies.

Fairies:

Fairies:
Author: Morgan Daimler
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2017-12-08
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1782796967

The subject of fairies in Celtic cultures is a complex one that seems to endlessly intrigue people. What exactly are fairies? What can they do? How can we interact with them? Answering these questions becomes even harder in a world that is disconnected from the traditional folklore and flooded with modern sources that are often vastly at odds with the older beliefs. This book aims to present readers with a straightforward guide to the older fairy beliefs, covering everything from Fairyland itself to details about the beings within it. The Otherworld is full of dangers and blessings, and this guidebook will help you navigate a safe course among the Good People.

Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology

Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology
Author: Theresa Bane
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 430
Release: 2013-08-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1476612420

Fairies have been revered and feared, sometimes simultaneously, throughout recorded history. This encyclopedia of concise entries, from the A-senee-ki-waku of northeastern North America to the Zips of Central America and Mexico, includes more than 2,500 individual beings and species of fairy and nature spirits from a wide range of mythologies and religions from all over the globe.

Irish Fairy Tales and Folklore

Irish Fairy Tales and Folklore
Author: W. B. Yeats
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 504
Release: 2022-03-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1949846520

A classic collection of Irish fairy tales and lore by Nobel Peace Prize-winning author and poet W. B. Yeats Originally published as two separate volumes in 1800s, this premier collection of Irish stories edited and compiled W. B. Yeats is the perfect gift for any lover of Irish literature and folklore. The lyrical prose and rich cultural heritage of each tale will captivate and enchant readers of all ages and keep them entertained for hours on end. This volume contains more than seventy classic Irish stories, including timeless characters and mythology passed down for generations such as: The Trooping Fairies Changelings Tir-na-n-óg The Lepracaun The Kildare Pooka How Thomas Connolly met the Banshee And many more!

Irish Folk Tales

Irish Folk Tales
Author: Henry Glassie
Publisher: Pantheon
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2012-09-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307828247

Here are 125 magnificent folktales collected from anthologies and journals published from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Beginning with tales of the ancient times and continuing through the arrival of the saints in Ireland in the fifth century, the periods of war and family, the Literary Revival championed by William Butler Yeats, and the contemporary era, these robust and funny, sorrowful and heroic stories of kings, ghosts, fairies, treasures, enchanted nature, and witchcraft are set in cities, villages, fields, and forests from the wild western coast to the modern streets of Dublin and Belfast. Edited by Henry Glassie With black-and-white illustrations throughout Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library

The Fairy-faith in Celtic Countries

The Fairy-faith in Celtic Countries
Author: Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 570
Release: 1911
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

In this study, which is first of all a folk-lore study, we pursue principally an anthropo-psychological method of interpreting the Celtic belief in fairies, though we do not hesitate now and then to call in the aid of philology; and we make good use of the evidence offered by mythologies, religions, metaphysics, and physical sciences.