Thomas Keightley
The Mythology of Fairies
The tales about fairies from all over the world
e-artnow, 2020
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Introduction.
Origin of the Belief in Fairies.
Origin of the Word Fairy.
Oriental Romance.
Persian Romance.
Arabian Romance.
Middle-age Romance.
Fairy Land.
Spenser's Faerie Queene.
Eddas and Sagas.
The Alfar.
The Duergar.
Scandinavia.
Elves.
Dwarfs or Trolls
Nisses.
Necks, Mermen, and Mermaids.
Northern Islands.
Iceland.
Feroes.
Shetland.
Orkneys.
Isle of Rügen.
Germany.
Dwarfs.
The Wild-women.
Kobolds.
Nixes.
Switzerland.
Great Britain.
England.
Scottish Lowlands.
Celts and Cymry.
Ireland.
Scottish Highlands.
Isle of Man.
Wales.
Brittany.
Southern Europe.
Greece.
Italy.
Spain.
France.
Eastern Europe.
Finns.
Africans, Jews, Etc.
Africans.
Jews.
Conclusion.
Appendix.
INTRODUCTION.
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In oldè dayès of the King Artoúr,
Of which that Bretons spoken gret honoúr,
All was this lond fulfilled of faërie;
The elf-qrene with hir jolie companie
Danced full oft in many a grenè mede.
Chaucer.
ORIGIN OF THE BELIEF IN FAIRIES.
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According to a well-known law of our nature, effects suggest causes; and another law, perhaps equally general, impels us to ascribe to the actual and efficient cause the attribute of intelligence. The
