Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology (Paperback)

Theresa Bane
 9780786471119
0-7864-7111-5

Fairies have been revered and feared, sometimes simultaneously, throughout recorded history. This encyclopedia of concise entries, from the A-senee-ki-waku of northeastern North America to the Zips of Central America and Mexico, includes more than 2,500 individual beings and species of fairy and nature spirits from a wide range of mythologies and religions from all over the globe.