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

by Thomas Keightley

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Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Origin of the Belief in Fairies
  3. Origin of the Word Fairy
  4. Persian Romance
  5. Arabian Romance
  6. Middle-Age Romance
  7. Fairy Land
  8. Spenser's Faerie Queene
  9. Eddas and Sagas
  10. The Alfar
  11. The Duergar
  12. Scandinavia
  13. Elves
  14. Dwarfs or Trolls
  15. Nisses
  16. Necks, Mermen, and Mermaids
  17. Northern Islands
  18. Iceland
  19. Feroes
  20. Shetland
  21. Orkneys
  22. Isle of Rügen
  23. Germany
  24. Dwarfs
  25. The Wild-Women
  26. Kobolds
  27. Nixes
  28. Switzerland
  29. Great Britain
  30. England
  31. Scottish Lowlands
  32. Celts and Cymry
  33. Ireland
  34. Scottish Highlands
  35. Isle of Man
  36. Wales
  37. Brittany
  38. Southern Europe
  39. Greece
  40. Italy
  41. Spain
  42. France
  43. Eastern Europe
  44. Finns
  45. Africans, Jews, Etc
  46. Africans
  47. Jews
  48. Conclusion
  49. Appendix

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