Download or read book The Hieroglyphic Fae The Sacred Language of Fairies written by Flora-Beth Edwards and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Fairies written by Samuel Robinson Littlewood and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book On the Ignis Fatuus written by Jabez Allies and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Fairy Mythology written by Thomas Thomas Keightley and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We find in most countries a popular belief in different classes of beings distinct from men, and from the higher orders of divinities. These beings are usually believed to inhabit, in the caverns of earth, or the depths of the waters, a region of their own. They generally excel mankind in power and in knowledge, and like them are subject to the inevitable laws of death, though after a more prolonged period of existence.How these classes were first called into existence it is not easy to say; but if, as some assert, all the ancient systems of heathen religion were devised by philosophers for the instruction of rude tribes by appeals to their senses, we might suppose that the minds which peopled the skies with their thousands and tens of thousands of divinities gave birth also to the inhabitants of the field and flood, and that the numerous tales of their exploits and adventures are the production of poetic fiction or rude invention. It may further be observed, that not unfrequently a change of religious faith has invested with dark and malignant attributes beings once the objects of love, confidence, and veneration.[5]It is not our intention in the following pages to treat of the awful or lovely deities of Olympus, Valhalla, or Merû. Our subject is less aspiring; and we confine ourselves to those beings who are our fellow-inhabitants of earth, whose manners we aim to describe, and whose deeds we propose to record. We write of Fairies, Fays, Elves, aut alio quo nomine gaudent.
Download or read book The Fairy Mythology written by Thomas Keightley and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-10-22 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We find in most countries a popular belief in different classes of beings distinct from men, and from the higher orders of divinities. These beings are usually believed to inhabit, in the caverns of earth, or the depths of the waters, a region of their own. They generally excel mankind in power and in knowledge, and like them are subject to the inevitable laws of death, though after a more prolonged period of existence. How these classes were first called into existence it is not easy to say; but if, as some assert, all the ancient systems of heathen religion were devised by philosophers for the instruction of rude tribes by appeals to their senses, we might suppose that the minds which peopled the skies with their thousands and tens of thousands of divinities gave birth also to the inhabitants of the field and flood, and that the numerous tales of their exploits and adventures are the production of poetic fiction or rude invention. It may further be observed, that not unfrequently a change of religious faith has invested with dark and malignant attributes beings once the objects of love, confidence, and veneration. It is not our intention in the following pages to treat of the awful or lovely deities of Olympus, Valhalla, or Merû. Our subject is less aspiring; and we confine ourselves to those beings who are our fellow-inhabitants of earth, whose manners we aim to describe, and whose deeds we propose to record. We write of Fairies, Fays, Elves, aut alio quo nomine gaudent.
Download or read book The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Fairies written by Anna Franklin and published by Collins & Brown. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For hundreds of years, fairies have enchanted imaginations, stirred awe and fear, and inspired a treasure trove of wonderful stories. Filled with hundreds of exquisite illustrations, this comprehensive directory provides a global, multi-ethnic, multicultural overview of fairies large and small, from tree spirits to winged sprites. Nearly 3,000 entries, arranged alphabetically from the South African Abatwa to the German Zwerge, offer glimpses into other worlds and times. There are creatures from Celtic and Scandinavian traditions, Greek and Norse mythology, Native American culture, the Far East, Africa, Eastern Europe, and more--all cross-referenced so it's easy to explore the themes that span the globe. An extensive introduction examines the origins of fairy folklore and provides general background on common beliefs.
Download or read book Fairies written by G. M. Faulding and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Fairies This is not the considered dogma of schoolmen or of sages in council, but the whirling utterance of a poet, and it is with some such answer on our lips that we must affirm our belief in the fairy world. For this belief is with most of us like a little plant, open to the morning sun, shivering gaily in the winds of life; scorched sometimes, and sometimes almost uprooted and vanishing away; yet ready always to blossom again at the stirring of ecstasy or the breath of an enchanted air. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Fairies in English Tradition and Literature written by Katharine Mary Briggs and published by [Chicago] : University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1967 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Great Encyclopedia of Faeries written by Pierre Dubois and published by Pavilion. This book was released on 2004 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No other book can compare or yield the detailed information that we all seek from the time we are tiny children about the habits and habitats of those shy creatures with wings that leap from the pages of our childhood reading to populate our fleeting fantasmagorical and adult consciousness. On these haunting pages you will find depictions of 150 species of what we must categorise as 'faeries'. Seven (what other number could suffice?) chapters summon forth the Faeries of the Air and the Wind, the Faeries from the Fire, Worldly Faeries, Faeries of Sea and Spring, the Maidens from Green Kingdoms and the Airy-Faeries from the land of Dreams. The secrets of their habits and habitats, their riches and rags, their appearances and disappearances are uncovered and their sizes and shapes - never before revealed - are hinted at. This is a book for all the family to relish and read, a feast for the eyes, a fund of stories, facts and fiction, myths and mythology, full of fun and puns to captivate and enchant.
Download or read book Fairies written by G M Faulding and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faulding's little collection of fairy folklore is replete with both antiquated and then-modern material, with both poetry and prose coming from multiple cultures, and speaking not just of fairies, but of elves, brownies, and similar beings. One part folkloric and one part theatrically romantic, it also seems to posit the otherworldly existence of such beings, and hints that such lore should be promoted as an alternative to the cold, secular world of the industrial period.
Download or read book Fairies from A to Z written by Adrienne Keith and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enchanted world of tiny surprises and natural delights awaits you inside this treasure trove of fairy lore.
Download or read book A Book of Fairies written by Katharine Mary Briggs and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fairy tradition in the British Isles is a fantastically rich and varied one. This book celebrates this diversity with essays, poems and a wonderful selection of reported sightings and country tales, ranging from medieval chronicles to stories handed down almost within living memory.
Download or read book Guide to the Fairy Ring written by Anna Franklin and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Fairy faith in Celtic Countries written by Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 1911 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Faeries written by David Larkin and published by New York : Abrams. This book was released on 1978 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text and more than 200 drawings and paintings describe various kinds of elves and fairies found in myths, legends, and literature.
Download or read book The Book of Real Fairies written by Alma Kunz Gulick and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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