The Fairy Mythology / Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various Countries |
PREFACE. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION. ORIGIN OF THE BELIEF IN FAIRIES. ORIGIN OF THE WORD FAIRY. ORIENTAL ROMANCE. [22] PERSIAN ROMANCE. ARABIAN ROMANCE. MIDDLE-AGE ROMANCE. FAIRY LAND. SPENSER'S FAERIE QUEENE. EDDAS AND SAGAS. THE ALFAR. THE DUERGAR. SCANDINAVIA. ELVES. DWARFS OR TROLLS NISSES. [200] NECKS, MERMEN, AND MERMAIDS. NORTHERN ISLANDS. ICELAND. FEROES. SHETLAND. ORKNEYS. ISLE OF RuGEN. GERMANY. DWARFS. THE WILD-WOMEN. KOBOLDS. [286] NIXES. SWITZERLAND. GREAT BRITAIN. ENGLAND. SCOTTISH LOWLANDS. CELTS AND CYMRY. IRELAND. SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS. ISLE OF MAN. WALES. BRITTANY. SOUTHERN EUROPE. GREECE. ITALY. SPAIN. FRANCE. EASTERN EUROPE. FINNS. AFRICANS, JEWS, Etc. AFRICANS. JEWS. CONCLUSION. APPENDIX. INDEX.
Author of the Mythology of Ancient Greece and Italy; Histories of Greece, Rome, England, and India, The Crusaders, &c., &c.
Another sort there be, that will
Be talking of the Fairies still;
Nor never can they have their fill,
As they were wedded to them
Drayton.
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