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23 Apr 03 - 08:06 AM (#938370) Subject: Folklore: Faery Folk From: Alasdair Hi there! I'm doing a project on faeries from celtic mythology. I am looking for a good on-line description of the different types of faeries from the various celtic traditions. I'm not particularly interested in visuals as the nature of my project is visual. I am not at all interested in the attenuated, romatic contemporary vision of "benign sprites" and similar, but more into the mischeivous, unpredictable side of faery mythology. can anyone recommend (a) decent site(s)? Thanks Al |
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23 Apr 03 - 08:41 AM (#938394) Subject: RE: Folklore: Faery Folk From: MMario Folklore site has the text of a 1901 book on Welsh and Manx folklore. |
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23 Apr 03 - 09:06 AM (#938412) Subject: RE: Folklore: Faery Folk From: Alba This site provides a wide range of faery folklore also. http://students.ist.psu.edu/~rpm164/search/Homeextra.htm |
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23 Apr 03 - 11:11 AM (#938535) Subject: RE: Folklore: Faery Folk From: Alasdair Thanks for that. Alba, for your information, that site is mostly just broken links. Cheers Al |
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23 Apr 03 - 11:32 AM (#938540) Subject: RE: Folklore: Faery Folk From: Alba Sorry bout that Al. It was in with a list of sites I had for Celtic Folklore. I hadn't checked it thoroughly. Just assumed it would have substance due to the source...shouldn't have done that!! A |
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23 Apr 03 - 11:58 AM (#938560) Subject: RE: Folklore: Faery Folk From: DMcG It's not a web site, but you seen Katherine Brigg's "A dictionary of Fairies"?. (My paperbook copy cost about £10, new, not $150. Such is life!) A good library should be able to order it. If not, PM me if you have some specific questions (eg. what distinguishes a goblin from a hobgoblin, for example) and I will look it up for you. |
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23 Apr 03 - 12:04 PM (#938564) Subject: RE: Folklore: Faery Folk From: Alba Not a web site either but I also have a book called "The Encylopedia of Faeries. by Pierre Dubois. |
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23 Apr 03 - 04:34 PM (#938755) Subject: RE: Folklore: Faery Folk From: Sonnet Have you seen Brian Froud's website? Not sure whether it's what you're after, but worth a look anyway - beautiful. Have you seen his book Good Faeries Bad Faeries? This gives descriptions of the various types of faery. Jay |
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23 Apr 03 - 06:13 PM (#938810) Subject: RE: Folklore: Faery Folk From: GUEST What do you mean by Celtic? |
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23 Apr 03 - 06:30 PM (#938819) Subject: RE: Folklore: Faery Folk From: Susan of DT I just pulled 5 books off my shelf: Thomas Keightley, The World Guide to Gnomes, Fairies, Elves, and Other Little People, Avenel Books 1978 reprint of 1880 book. has 150 pages on Britain and Celt of a 550 page book. Padraic Colum, A Treasury of Irish Folklore, Crown Publishers, 1967 edition. Charles Squire, Celtic Myths and Legends, Random House 1994 Proinsias MacCana, Celtic Mythology, Hamlyn, 1970 Marc Alexander, British Folklore, Crescent Books, 1982 |
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24 Apr 03 - 04:36 AM (#939069) Subject: RE: Folklore: Faery Folk From: Alasdair Thanks to all of you for your input Al |
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24 Apr 03 - 08:10 AM (#939128) Subject: RE: Folklore: Faery Folk From: GUEST,Eliza C I hear the English have some good fairy stories too...do we count? x ec |