A Dictionary of Fairies
A Dictionary of Fairies

Author: Katharine Mary Briggs

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 481

ISBN-13: 9780415291576

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This volume is a comprehensive collection of critical essays on The Taming of the Shrew, and includes extensive discussions of the play's various printed versions and its theatrical productions. Aspinall has included only those essays that offer the most influential and controversial arguments surrounding the play. The issues discussed include gender, authority, female autonomy and unruliness, courtship and marriage, language and speech, and performance and theatricality.

An Encyclopedia of Fairies
An Encyclopedia of Fairies

Author: Katharine Mary Briggs

Publisher: Pantheon

Published: 1976

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13:

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A complete guide to fairy lore from the Middle Ages to the present. Both an anthology of fairy tales and a reference work with essays about the fairy economy, food, sports, powers and more.

Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology
Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology

Author: Theresa Bane

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2013-08-28

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 1476612420

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Fairies have been revered and feared, sometimes simultaneously, throughout recorded history. This encyclopedia of concise entries, from the A-senee-ki-waku of northeastern North America to the Zips of Central America and Mexico, includes more than 2,500 individual beings and species of fairy and nature spirits from a wide range of mythologies and religions from all over the globe.

A New Dictionary of Fairies
A New Dictionary of Fairies

Author: Morgan Daimler

Publisher: John Hunt Publishing

Published: 2020-02-28

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 178904037X

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Fairies are a challenging subject, intertwining culture, folklore, and anecdotal accounts across centuries and millennia. Focusing primarily on the Celtic speaking cultures, with some material from adjacent cultures including Anglo-Saxon and Norse, A New Dictionary of Fairies has in-depth entries on a variety of fairies as well as subjects related to them, such as why we picture elves with pointed ears or where the idea of fairies being invisible comes from. It also tackles more complicated topics like the nature and physicality of the fairy people. Anyone with an interest in the Good Neighbours will find this book a solid resource to draw from.

A Dictionary of English Folklore
A Dictionary of English Folklore

Author: Jacqueline Simpson

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2003-10-09

Total Pages: 1046

ISBN-13: 0191578525

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This dictionary is part of the Oxford Reference Collection: using sustainable print-on-demand technology to make the acclaimed backlist of the Oxford Reference programme perennially available in hardback format. An engrossing guide to English folklore and traditions, with over 1,250 entries. Folklore is connected to virtually every aspect of life, part of the country, age group, and occupation. From the bizarre to the seemingly mundane, it is as much a feature of the modern technological age as of the ancient world. BL Oral and Performance genres-Cheese rolling, Morris dancing, Well-dressingEL BL Superstitions-Charms, Rainbows, WishbonesEL BL Characters-Cinderella, Father Christmas, Robin Hood, Dick WhittingtonEL BL Supernatural Beliefs-Devil's hoofprints, Fairy rings, Frog showersEL BL Calendar Customs-April Fool's Day, Helston Furry Day, Valentine's DayEL

Abbey Lubbers, Banshees, & Boggarts
Abbey Lubbers, Banshees, & Boggarts

Author: Katharine Mary Briggs

Publisher:

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9780722655375

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A "Who's Who" of fairyland, with entries by fairy name and additional legends, songs, and anecdotes within each entry.

A Book of Fairies
A Book of Fairies

Author: Katharine Mary Briggs

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13:

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The fairy tradition in the British Isles is a fantastically rich and varied one. This book celebrates this diversity with essays, poems and a wonderful selection of reported sightings and country tales, ranging from medieval chronicles to stories handed down almost within living memory.

Spirits, Fairies, Gnomes, and Goblins
Spirits, Fairies, Gnomes, and Goblins

Author: Carol Rose

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 9781576070482

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Drawing from ancient and modern folklore, myth, and religion, this reference work delves into the social and anthropological significance of supernatural beings such as angels, demons, dwarfs, encantados, fairies, keremets, nats and nymphs.