Magical Folk: The History of Fairies

Most of us know fairies from childhood fiction, movies and TV. However, through the ages, it was adults who actually saw fairies in the wild. The digitisation of local newspapers and ephemera has opened an Aladdin's cave of such sightings. For the first time, Magical Folk traces these fairy experiences from 500AD to the present.

Also included are the findings from The Fairy Census, the ongoing scholarly survey of 20th-and 21st-century sightings around the world. This enchanting volume is the first history of fairies in over a half century.

Dr Simon Young read Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Cletic at Cambridge University and teaches history at the University of Virginia Study ABroad Program in Siena, Italy.

Dr Ceri Houlbrook is a Lecturer in folklore and history at the University of Hertfordshire and recieved her doctorate from the University of Manchester.

'Enchanting.' - Mail on Sunday

'A wealth of material... Sparkling.' - Literary Review

'A gazetteer of myths, legends, and sightings.' - Independent

Format: Paperback, 288 pages
ISBN:
Publisher: 9781783341023
Published: 28 October, 2022
Weight: 340 g
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 13 mm

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