The Fairy Mythology
Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various Countries
The Fairy Mythology, first published by Thomas Keightley in 1828 and much enlarged in 1850, is a comparative survey of the belief in fairies and similar beings across Europe and beyond. Keightley begins with the peris and jinn of Persia and Arabia, then passes to the Eddas and the dwarfs and elves of Scandinavia, the nisses and trolls of Denmark and Sweden, the kobolds and wild women of Germany, the fairies of medieval romance, the fays and lutins of France, the folletti of Italy, the duendes of Spain, the elves, brownies and pixies of England and Scotland, the sidhe of Ireland, and the beings of Wales, Brittany and the Slavic lands. He gives many tales in full. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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