The Fairy Mythology / Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various Countries
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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.
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- THE FAIRY MYTHOLOGY,
- Romance and Superstition of Various Countries;
- THOMAS KEIGHTLEY,
- LONDON: GEORGE BELL & SONS, YORK ST., COVENT GARDEN, AND NEW YORK. 1892.
- FRANCIS EARL OF ELLESMERE,
- This Volume is Inscribed
- THE AUTHOR.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS
- THE FAIRY MYTHOLOGY
- INTRODUCTION.
- ORIGIN OF THE BELIEF IN FAIRIES.
- ORIGIN OF THE WORD FAIRY.
- ORIENTAL ROMANCE.[22]
- PERSIAN ROMANCE.
- The Peri-Wife.
- ARABIAN ROMANCE.
- MIDDLE-AGE ROMANCE.
- FAIRY LAND.
- SPENSER'S FAERIE QUEENE.
- EDDAS AND SAGAS.
- THE ALFAR.
- THE DUERGAR.
- Loki and the Dwarf.
- Thorston and the Dwarf.
- The Dwarf-Sword Tirfing.
- SCANDINAVIA.
- ELVES.
- Sir Olof in the Elve-Dance.
- The Elf-woman and Sir Olof.
- The Young Swain and the Elves.
- Svend Faelling and the Elle-Maid.
- The Elle-Maids.
- Maid Vae.
- The Elle-Maid near Ebeltoft.
- Hans Puntleder.
- DWARFS OR TROLLS
- Sir Thynne.
- Proud Margaret.
- The Troll Wife.
- The Altar-Cup in Aagerup.
- Origin of Tiis Lake.
- A Farmer tricks a Troll.
- Skotte in the Fire.
- The Legend of Bodedys.
- Kallundborg Church.
- The Hill-Man invited to the Christening.
- The Troll turned Cat.
- Kirsten's-Hill.
- The Troll-Labour.
- The Hill-Smith.
- The Girl at the Troll-Dance.
- The Changeling.
- The Tile-Stove jumping over the Brook.
- Departure of the Trolls from Vendsyssel.
- Svend Faelling.
- The Dwarfs' Banquet.
- NISSES.[200]
- The Nis Removing.[202]
- The Penitent Nis.
- The Nis and the Boy.
- The Nis Stealing Corn.
- The Nis and the Mare.
- The Nis Riding.
- The Nisses in Vosborg.
- NECKS, MERMEN, AND MERMAIDS.
- The Power of the Harp.
- Duke Magnus and the Mermaid.
- NORTHERN ISLANDS.
- ICELAND.
- FEROES.
- SHETLAND.
- Gioga's Son.
- The Mermaid Wife.
- ORKNEYS.
- ISLE OF RÜGEN.
- Adventures of John Dietrich.
- The Little Glass Shoe.
- The Wonderful Plough.
- The Lost Bell
- The Black Dwarfs of Granitz.
- GERMANY.
- DWARFS.
- The Hill-Man at the Dance.
- The Dwarf's Feast.
- The Friendly Dwarfs.
- Wedding Feast of the Little People.
- Smith Riechert.
- Dwarfs Stealing Corn.
- Journey of the Dwarfs over the Mountain.
- The Dwarfs' Borrowing Bread.
- The Changeling.
- The Dwarf Husband.
- Inge of Rantum.
- THE WILD-WOMEN.
- The Oldenburg Horn.
- KOBOLDS.[286]
- Hinzelmann.[289]
- Hödeken.
- King Goldemar.
- The Heinzelmänchen.
- NIXES.
- The Peasant and the Waterman.
- The Water-Smith.
- The Working Waterman.
- The Nix-Labour.
- SWITZERLAND.
- Gertrude and Rosy.
- The Chamois-Hunter.
- The Dwarfs on the Tree.
- Curiosity Punished.
- The Rejected Gift.
- The Wonderful Little Pouch.
- Aid and Punishment.
- The Dwarf in Search of Lodging.
- GREAT BRITAIN.
- ENGLAND.
- The Green Children.
- The Fairy Banquet.
- The Fairy Horn.
- The Portunes.
- The Grant.
- The Luck of Eden Hall.
- The Fairy-Fair.
- The Fairies' Caldron.
- The Cauld Lad of Hilton.
- The Pixy-Labour.
- Pixy-Vengeance.
- Pixy-Gratitude.
- The Fairy-Thieves.
- The Boggart.
- Addlers and Menters.
- The Fary Nurseling.
- The Fary Labour.
- Ainsel.
- SCOTTISH LOWLANDS.
- The Fairies' Nurse.
- The Fairy Rade.
- The Changeling.
- Departure of the Fairies.
- The Brownie.
- CELTS AND CYMRY.
- IRELAND.
- Clever Tom and the Leprechaun.
- The Leprechaun in the Garden.
- The Three Leprechauns.
- The Little Shoe.
- SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS.
- The Fairy's Inquiry.
- The Young Man in the Shian.
- The Two Fiddlers.
- The Fairy-Labour.
- The Fairy borrowing Oatmeal.
- The Fairy-Gift.
- The Stolen Ox.
- The Stolen Lady.
- The Changeling.
- The Wounded Seal.
- The Brownies.
- The Urisk.
- ISLE OF MAN.
- The Fairy-Chapman.
- The Fairy-Banquet.
- The Fairies' Christening.
- The Fairy-Whipping.
- The Fairy-Hunt.
- The Fiddler and the Fairy.
- The Phynnodderee.
- WALES.
- Tale of Elidurus.
- The Tylwyth Teg.
- The Spirit of the Van.
- Rhys at the Fairy-Dance.
- Gitto Bach.
- The Fairies Banished.
- BRITTANY.
- Lai D'ywenec.
- Lord Nann and the Korrigan.
- The Dance and Song of the Korred.
- SOUTHERN EUROPE.
- GREECE.
- ITALY.
- SPAIN.
- The Daughter of Peter De Cabinam.
- Origin of the House of Haro.
- La Infantine.
- Pepito el Corcovado.
- FRANCE.
- Legend of Melusina.
- EASTERN EUROPE.
- FINNS.
- SLAVES.
- Vilas
- Deer and Vila.
- AFRICANS, JEWS, Etc.
- AFRICANS.
- JEWS.
- The Broken Oaths.
- The Moohel.
- The Mazik-Ass.
- CONCLUSION.
- APPENDIX.
- The Harvest Dinner.
- The Young Piper.
- The Soul Cages.
- Barry of Cairn Thierna.
- Aileen a Roon,
- Rousseau's Dream.
- Alexander Selkirk's Dream.
- A Moonlight Scene,
- Lines Written in a Lady's Album.
- To Amanda.
- Lines,
- A Farewell.
- Verses,
- Father Cuddy's Song.
- The Praises of Mazenderân.
- INDEX.
- FOOTNOTES:
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