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Author: Publisher: ISBN: 9781903840191 Category : Elves Languages : en Pages : 64
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This exciting mix of poems and stories about fairies will draw the reader into the hidden world of fantasy. Find out about the many types of elves and fairies, what people believed about them, and how you should behave if you ever meet one. Discover how to escape if you are pixy-led, learn a spell to see the fairies, and much, much more. The Little Book of Elves and Fairies is illustrated throughout by the enchanting paintings and pen-and-ink drawings of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, the forgotten painter of fairies and Fairlyland.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: 9781903840191 Category : Elves Languages : en Pages : 64
Book Description
This exciting mix of poems and stories about fairies will draw the reader into the hidden world of fantasy. Find out about the many types of elves and fairies, what people believed about them, and how you should behave if you ever meet one. Discover how to escape if you are pixy-led, learn a spell to see the fairies, and much, much more. The Little Book of Elves and Fairies is illustrated throughout by the enchanting paintings and pen-and-ink drawings of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, the forgotten painter of fairies and Fairlyland.
Author: Frances Jenkins Olcott Publisher: Legare Street Press ISBN: 9781018551463 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Alda Sigmundsdóttir Publisher: Little Books Publishing ISBN: 1970125209 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 100
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Icelandic folklore is rife with tales of elves and hidden people that inhabited hills and rocks in the landscape. But what do those elf stories really tell us about the Iceland of old and the people who lived there? In this book, author Alda Sigmundsdóttir presents twenty translated elf stories from Icelandic folklore, along with fascinating notes on the context from which they sprung. The international media has had a particular infatuation with the Icelanders’ elf belief, generally using it to propagate some kind of “kooky Icelanders” myth. Yet Iceland’s elf folklore, at its core, reflects the plight of a nation living in abject poverty on the edge of the inhabitable world, and its people’s heroic efforts to survive, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. That is what the stories of the elves, or hidden people, are really about. In a country that was, at times, virtually uninhabitable, where poverty was endemic and death and grief a part of daily life, the Icelanders nurtured a belief in a world that existed parallel to their own. This was the world of the hidden people, which more often than not was a projection of the most fervent dreams and desires of the human population. The hidden people lived inside hillocks, cliffs, or boulders, very close to the abodes of the humans. Their homes were furnished with fine, sumptuous objects. Their clothes were luxurious, their adornments beautiful. Their livestock was better and fatter, their sheep yielded more wool than regular sheep, their crops were more bounteous. They even had supernatural powers: they could make themselves visible or invisible at will, and they could see the future. To the Icelanders, stories of elves and hidden people are an integral part of the cultural and psychological fabric of their nation. They are a part of their identity, a reflection of the struggles, hopes, resilience, and endurance of their people. What you will read about in The Little Book of the Hidden People: • The fascination in the international media: why are they so obsessed with elves? • The meaning of elf: what do hidden people stories tell us about the psyche of the Icelanders of old? • The elves' badassery—they could make or break your fortune so you’d better be nice! • The ljúflingar ... hidden men who became the lovers of mortal women • Glamorous and regal: why were the elves so damn good-looking? • The grim realities: what do scholars believe about all those children abducted by elves? ... and so much more!
Author: Thomas Keightley Publisher: Gramercy Books ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 610
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A fascinating compendium of folklore, superstitions, and mythology surrounding the 'little people', including discussions of fairy tradition as it appears in great works of English literature.
Author: Anon E. Mouse Publisher: Abela Publishing Ltd ISBN: 8828302666 Category : Languages : en Pages : 456
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An ancient Hopi proverb states “He who tells stories, rules the world.” Well here is your chance to become a King, or a Queen for a day, or at least, a few hours…… Herein, are more than 70 stories and poems gathered from Scotland, Ireland, Sweden, Wales, China, England, Japan, New Zealand and other faraway places — are retold here by Olcott for children aged 10 and up. Stories like Cinderella, Toads and Diamonds, Robin Goodfellow, Butterfly’s Diamond, Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, Timothy Tuttle and the Little Imps, The Coal-Black Steed, Elsa And The Ten Elves, The Fairy Island, The Four-Leafed Clover, The Enchanted Watch and Queen Mab abound. When a child opens the covers of this book, straightway they enter that land of all delights—the Fairy Realm. Here Fairy Godmothers reward good children, red-capped Little Men yield up their treasures of gold and magic gifts, while Pixies drop silver pennies in water-pails, and merry Spriggans and Fays hold nightly revels in the moonlight. Here, too, a child may dance in Fairy Rings, or fly away to Elfinland for a year and a day to play with wonder-children, pick Fairy flowers, listen to Fairy birds, and be fed on magic goodies. And every story is about “Fairies black, grey, green, and white,” and every one has been selected for delightful humour, fancy, or ethical teaching. ============= KEYWORDS/TAGS: folklore, fairy tales, fairytales, legends, myths, children’s stories, fables, bedtime stories, allegories, Fairies Story Hour, Come! Moonlit Meadow, Fairy-Lore, Elfin Legends, Around, Fairy Ring, Adventures, Robin Goodfellow, Potato Supper, Milk-White, Calf, Wood-Lady, Dance, Mounds, Fairy Hills, Monday, Tuesday, Greedy Old Man, Bottle Hill, Brown Dwarf, Little Men, Treasures Of Gold, Boy, Find, Found, Pots Of Gold, Ragweed, Bad Boy, Leprechaun, Tom, Knockers, Diamonds, Skillywidden, Fairy Shoemaker, Glad Little, Sad Little, Bad Little, Elves, Little Redcap, Curmudgeon, Skin, Judy, Fairy Cat, Boggart, Ownself, Sick-Bed, Peeping Kate, Piskey-Led, One-Eyed, Pry, Joan’s Tale, Fairy Folk, Fairy Servants, House, Pixies, Brownie, Blednoch, Elsa, Ten Elves, Piskey Fine, Piskey Gay, happy, Fairy Wedding, Tomts, Song, Elfin Miller, Fays, Water, Wood, Meadow, Kintaro, Golden, Flower, Island, Four-Leaved, Clover, Gillie Dhu, Kahukura, Nets, Echo, Cave, Isles, Sea Fairies, Away, Fairyland, Magic, Ferns, The Smith, Coal-Black Steed, Stolen, girl, Dance, Elidore, Golden Ball, Court, Godmother, Wonderful Gifts, Cinderella, Little Glass Slipper, Sleeping Beauty, In The Wood, Prince Chéri, Toads, Diamonds, Blanche, Rose, Enchanted Watch, Queen Mab, Adventures, Do-Nothing, Giant, Snap-’Em-Up, Timothy Tuttle, Little Imps, Butterfly, Niebla, Tiny, Immortal Fountain, Childe Charity, Shining Child, Wicked Mouche, Mabel, Midsummer Day, Farewell, Passage, Old Winter, Fairyland,
Author: Ida Rentoul Outhwaite Publisher: Lothian Children's Books ISBN: 9780850915433 Category : Australian poetry Languages : en Pages : 74
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Reissue of a children's classic first published in 1916. Verses telling of fairyland creatures such as fairies, goblins, witches and elves in the Australian bush are illustrated with delicate and detailed colour and black and white drawings. The artist is well known for her distinctive illustrations and has illustrated over ten fairy stories in collaboration with her sister, Annie R Rentoul.
Author: Ida Rentoul Outhwaite Publisher: ISBN: 9781740517713 Category : Elves Languages : en Pages : 63
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Learn a spell that will help you to see fairies. Discover how to escape if you are pixy-led. Enjoy the tale of Young Tam Lin. With its exciting mix of poems and stories, this book will draw you into the fantasy world of fairies and elves. Find out what people believed about them and how you should behave if you ever meet one! The book is beautifully illustrated by the enchanting paintings and pen-and-ink drawings of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite - the famous painter of fairies and Fairyland.
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Author: Frances Jenkins Olcott
Author: Alda Sigmundsdóttir
Author: Thomas Keightley
Author: Anon E. Mouse
Author: John Hamilton
Author: Jacob Grimm
Author: Ida Rentoul Outhwaite
Author: Ida Rentoul Outhwaite
Author: Daniela Drescher