Nearly 3000 separate entries in alphabetical order, ranging from the South African fairies Abtawa to the German dwarves Zwerge, make this book ten times as comprehensive as any other dictionary or encyclopedia of fairy names available. Unlike, say, British Goblins (Wirt Skie) and Fairies in Lore & Literature (Katherine Briggs) this book is fully international and covers all mythologies and folklore of the worlds cultural groups. The wealth of illustration adds to its justifiable claims of being THE book on the subject. A full bibliographical section also aids the reader to search and discover more on selected areas of interest within the subject.
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Anna Franklin is graduate photographer and artist. Her work in these areas has concentrated on folklore and mythology. Combining these interests with parallel qualifications as a trained therapist and reflexologist, she has become a successful writer in the subject and contributes to over a dozen magazines. She also edits and publishes her own, called Silver Wheel, and is author of nearly a dozen books, including Fairy Lore (Capall Bann) and The Fairy Ring (forthcoming Llewellyn) in the broad topic areas of MBS and self-awareness.
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By Gwen Bright
Format:Hardcover
I love this book.
I really can't understand why anyone would buy an encyclopedia and then expect all the pictures to just be pretty pretty. These are MUCH more fun. Some are pretty and dainty, others are so funny I just burst out laughing. Davy Jones [the one with the locker at the bottom of the sea] was one. And then there are little drawings on just about every page. Before reading [some] of this very full book I hadn't realised just how many fairies there are in the world. Now I can understand why folks in bygone ages seemed scared of fairies. Some of them are just not very nice - but then there are others that bring so much goodness along with them.
My problem is that I love looking at all the pictures and yet I'd like to be able to hand it down to my children when the time comes. Maybe I need ot buy two.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By "brytonne"
Format:Paperback
There is so much fairy stuff out there these days it is hard to know what to buy. Some of it is so twee and fluffy it must be for children, and some of it is aimed at academics. This is full of reliable information and is fully referenced, but it is well written in a very readable and entertaining way. I have never seen so complete a fairy dictionary or anything like. I love Paul and Helen's pictures, both very diffeerent in style, but they show fairies good and bad, beautiful and ugly, sublime and comical.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I have been looking for a book like this for years: scholarly, readable, exhaustive and fun. Ms Franklin gives us details and histories of fairies from around the world, from the well known to creatures I have certainly never heard of. But beware, if you are looking for fairy-tale bowdlerised Victorian versions of fairies, for these are the real thing. In the past people were in awe of fairies and often feared them. It was well known that some were beautiful and seductive, while others were ugly and frightening (very few had wings and none looked like Tinkerbell), and they are all portrayed here. The illustrations by Helen Field are cute and for the most part pretty, while Paul Mason explores both sides of the appearance of fairies, from the gorgeous to the monstrous. This book is not for those who simply want fluffy bunny children's fairy-tales, but for the real student of real fairies and real fairy lore. It is simply the most comprehensive and most accurate book on the market for anyone who has a genuine interest in fairies, rather than Victorian 'fairy' tales.
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The Good and The Bad and The Ugly
Fairies can be found everywhere in the world. They come in all different, shapes and sizez and their personalities vary. Read more
Published on 13 Aug 2010 by Miss Grayson
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truly an enceyclopedia
Wonderful, almost academic but readable collection of every faery in the world. Its an anthropological cross-cultural study of faery law and identities across the globe. Read more
Published on 8 May 2009 by Anne-Marie Curry
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Beyond being bright and colourful, has little more to offer
Although a book containing many entries of the various types of fairies, there is not a great deal of information on any of the creatures listed beyond a small paragraph. Read more
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The illustrated encyclopaedia of fairies
If you wish to learn of fairies this book is full to the brim with every thing you nedd to know.
Six years in the making, her obvious knowledge in this field is indeed... Read more
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My new favourite book
As soon as I looked at the cover I just knew I would like this book and I wasn't disappointed. There is just so much to read and the pictures.... they are just amazing!!! Read more
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When I received this book at home, I was so looking forward to opening it and checking all the illustrations... and what a disappointment ! I was horrified... Read more
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