The french fai, of which fairy is an extension, came originally from the italianfatae, the fairy ladies who visited the household at births and pronounced on the future of the baby, as the three fates used to do. Briggs katharine mary an encyclopedia of fairies fairies folklore. Click download or read online button to get katharine briggs book now. Early life katharine briggs was born in hampstead, london in 1898, and was the eldest of three sisters. Pdf the fairies in tradition and literature download. Nevertheless, fairy has come to be used as a kind of umbrella term in folklore studies, grouping comparable. A complete guide to fairy lore from the middle ages to the present that recounts and examines fairy tales, describes the food, sports, sizes, and powers of fairies, and calls attention to the traditional ways in which people protected themselves against the dangers of night travel. They catalogue fairies as they appear in folklore, which is the only place fairies reliably and provably appear. Hobgoblins, brownies, bogies, and other supernatural creatures by katharine mary briggs 1978, paperback at the best online prices at ebay.
Briggs katharine mary an encyclopedia of fairies free ebook download as pdf file. Katharine mary briggs, author of an encyclopedia of fairies, on librarything. An encyclopedia of fairies johns hopkins university. Sometimes i would find entries that include descriptions of german or french variations of the english fairy, but the book doesnt go outside of western europe. The persistence of fairy culture in scotland, 15721703 and 18111927 alison marie hight abstract this thesis is a chronologically comparative study of fairy culture and belief in early modern and victorian scotland. See all 7 formats and editions hide other formats and editions.
This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. Click to read more about an encyclopedia of fairies by katharine briggs. An encyclopedia of fairies hobgoblins, brownies, bogies, and other supernatural creatures year. Lists entries on fairies and other supernatural creatures, and terms and phrases associated with them. A complete guide to fairy lore from the middle ages to the present. Finding a copy of katharine briggs an encyclopedia of fairies first published in britain as a dictionary of fairies on a dusty shelf in a used bookshop in downtown toronto was a stroke of rare luck. Fantasy encyclopedia, 2005, judy allen, jonathan stroud. Briggs wrote in her preface that she originally planned to compile an encyclopedia of global folklore, but to treat the fairies of the whole of europe alone, even cursorily, would have been to produce a book ten times the size of this and founded on years of further research. Briggs katharine mary an encyclopedia of fairies qn85dr2xkkn1. Katharine mary briggs noted that a third distinction might be needed for domesticated fairies who live in human households. Katharine briggs download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. In fairy lore, with which we are dealing here, there are two main general usages. Briggs, 9780394734675, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
Hobgoblins, brownies, bogies and other supernatural creatures. This encyclopedia of concise entries, from the aseneekiwaku 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. Both an anthology of fairy tales and a reference work with essays about the fairy. Author of dictionary of british folktales in the english language, the personnel of fairyland, an encyclopedia of fairies, the fairies in tradition and literature, folktales of england, hobberdy dick, nine lives. There are several academic encyclopedias on fairy lore, with katharine briggs encyclopedia of fairies being the best. Briggs katharine mary an encyclopedia of fairies balder exlibris. Katharine mary briggs 8 november 1898 15 october 1980 katharine briggs was born in hampstead, london in 1898, and was the. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. There are a number of slang and cant usages of the word, varying from time to time, which are beside the point for this book. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Provides an account of fairy traditions, traffic between humans and fairies, and the literary use of these beliefs. The briggs family, originally from yorkshire, had built up a fortune in the 18th and 19th centuries through coal mining and owned a large colliery in normanton, west yorkshire.
Fairy legends and traditions of the south of ireland. An encyclopedia of fairies hobgoblins, brownies, bogies, and other supernatural creatures, katharine mary briggs, 1976, juvenile nonfiction, 481 pages. An encyclopedia of fairies by katharine briggs librarything. This encyclopedia of concise entries, from the aseneekiwaku of northeastern north america to the zips of central america and mexico. Katharine mary briggs was the premier british folklorist of her generation. From 1969 to 1972, she was president of the folklore society, which established an award in her name to commemorate her life and work. Upper cover illustrated with fairies, hobgoblins etc. This outofprint, hardtofind volume is high on the wishlist of many folklore fanatics. Yeats divided fairies into the solitary and trooping fairies, as did james macdougall in folk tales and fairy lore. In 1954, the first katharine briggs book was published, titled the. Was this an observed fact, or a way of showing the celts to be more barbaric than the romans, who left their wives at home when they invaded. This encyclopedia was exactly what i was looking for. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
An encyclopedia of fairies 1976 edition open library. In many cultures, however, fairies are not just the stuff of distant legend or literature. Hobgoblins, brownies, bogies, and other supernatural creatures by katharine mary briggs 1978, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. The good people presents nineteen essays that focus on the actual fairies of folklore fairies of past and living traditions who affected, and still.
Despite, or perhaps because of, their vast learning about fairy lore, kathleen briggs books are not particularly useful. A reprint of this massive and authoritative encyclopedia by the renowned folklorist, university lecturer and president of the english folklore society, dr. The term fairy is peculiar to the english language and to english folklore, reflecting the conflation of germanic, celtic and romance folklore and legend since the middle english period it is a romance word which has been given the associations of fair by folk etymology secondarily. Pdf encyclopedia of spirits download full pdf book. Fairies have been revered and feared, sometimes simultaneously, throughout recorded history. An encyclopedia of fairies hobgoblins, brownies, bogies, and other supernatural creatures 1st american ed. Vi the encyclopedia of celtic mythology and folklore celtic women helped their men in battle. Hobgoblins, brownies, bogies, and other supernatural creatures. Probably not a great idea to read straight through, given that it is an encyclopedia, and doing so took me forever and lead to a lot of dull passages, but it seems like a pretty good reference. Fairy lore and legends katharine mary briggs internationally acclaimed as one of britains most respected folklore scholars, katharine briggs 18981980 was also one of the most popular authors in the field. Born in yorkshire in 1898, she was the daughter of a wealthy yorkshire coal miner who moved to scotland when katharine was thirteen. Hobgoblins, brownies, bogies, and other supernatural creatures katharine mary briggs a complete guide to fairy lore from the middle ages to the present. Briggs, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Katharine mary briggs 8 november 1898 15 october 1980 was a british folklorist and writer, who wrote the anatomy of puck, the fourvolume a dictionary of british folktales in the english language, and various other books on fairies and folklore.
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