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The Fairy Mythology / Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various Countries

Thomas Keightley

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 624 pages

The Fairy Mythology is a collection of essays by Thomas Keightley on fairy beliefs and popular superstition in various countries. It surveys traditions about fairies, elves, and kindred beings, and is worth hearing as a broad, readable introduction to European folklore.

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Fairy Montage

THE FAIRY MYTHOLOGY,

ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE

Romance and Superstition of Various Countries;

BY

THOMAS KEIGHTLEY,

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

DǡĵΏǵLjƿ.

A NEW EDITION, REVISED AND GREATLY ENLARGED

LONDON:

GEORGE BELL & SONS, YORK ST., COVENT GARDEN,

AND NEW YORK.

1892.

LONDON:

REPRINTED FROM STEREOTYPE PLATES BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED.

STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.

TO

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

FRANCIS EARL OF ELLESMERE,

IN TESTIMONY OF

ESTEEM AND RESPECT FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE VIRTUE,

LITERARY TASTE, TALENT, AND ACQUIREMENTS,

AND PATRONAGE OF LITERATURE AND THE ARTS.

This Volume is Inscribed

BY

THE AUTHOR.

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Contents

  1. THE FAIRY MYTHOLOGY,
  2. THE FAIRY MYTHOLOGY

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