Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins

Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins An Encyclopedia

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Publisher's Synopsis

In more than 2,000 alphabetically arranged entries, readers will meet angels, demons, elves, encantados, fairies, familiars, keremets, nats, nymphs, and many other strange beings from around the world. Carol Rose introduces the reader to the little--and not so little--folk, delightfully various and, at the same time, strikingly similar from country to country. Wherever humans have lived, the supernatural beings have dwelt alongside us. People serve to explain the unexplainable--the strange disappearance of a traveler in a dark wood, that odd thumping in the attic, the fresh cream turned sour overnight. Often they reveal the stoic humor with which human societies have faced their difficulties. But whatever their source, our guilts, fears, dreams, or imaginations, the spirits have fascinated and enchanted us through the millennia. Chosen by Library Journal as a Best Reference Source.

Book information

ISBN: 9780393317923
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Pub date:
DEWEY: 398.2103
Language: English
Number of pages: 384
Weight: 726g
Height: 254mm
Width: 197mm
Spine width: 22mm