Katharine Briggs (1898-1980). Eminent folklorist and former president of the Folklore Society.

'Required reading for anyone seeking to take a first step into the wondrous realm of fairy tales.' - Jack Zipes

• Preface, PART I The Fairy Peoples 1 Historic Survey 2 The Fairy Realms 3 Tutelary Spirits 4 Forgotten Gods and Nature Spirits 5 The Host of the Dead 6 Hobgoblins and Imps 7 Giants, Hags and Monsters 8 Fairy Beasts 9 Fairy Plants 10 Regional Differences PART II Traffic with the Fairies 11 The Fairy Dependence 12 Time and Seasons 13 Fairy Morality: The Double Strain 14 Changelings and Midwives 15 Fairy Wives and Fairy Lovers 16 Fairy Encounters and Odd Experiences 17 Human Opinions PART III Some Literary Fairies 18 The Poets: The Eighteenth Century 19 The Poets: The Nineteenth Century and After 20 The Foreign Invasion 21 The Moralists 22 Folklorists and Collectors 23 The Humorists 24 Whimsy 25 Something to Bite On

Katharine Briggs (1898-1980). Eminent folklorist and former president of the Folklore Society.

'Required reading for anyone seeking to take a first step into the wondrous realm of fairy tales.' - Jack Zipes

• Preface, PART I The Fairy Peoples 1 Historic Survey 2 The Fairy Realms 3 Tutelary Spirits 4 Forgotten Gods and Nature Spirits 5 The Host of the Dead 6 Hobgoblins and Imps 7 Giants, Hags and Monsters 8 Fairy Beasts 9 Fairy Plants 10 Regional Differences PART II Traffic with the Fairies 11 The Fairy Dependence 12 Time and Seasons 13 Fairy Morality: The Double Strain 14 Changelings and Midwives 15 Fairy Wives and Fairy Lovers 16 Fairy Encounters and Odd Experiences 17 Human Opinions PART III Some Literary Fairies 18 The Poets: The Eighteenth Century 19 The Poets: The Nineteenth Century and After 20 The Foreign Invasion 21 The Moralists 22 Folklorists and Collectors 23 The Humorists 24 Whimsy 25 Something to Bite On

Katharine Briggs (1898-1980). Eminent folklorist and former president of the Folklore Society.

'Required reading for anyone seeking to take a first step into the wondrous realm of fairy tales.' - Jack Zipes

• Preface, PART I The Fairy Peoples 1 Historic Survey 2 The Fairy Realms 3 Tutelary Spirits 4 Forgotten Gods and Nature Spirits 5 The Host of the Dead 6 Hobgoblins and Imps 7 Giants, Hags and Monsters 8 Fairy Beasts 9 Fairy Plants 10 Regional Differences PART II Traffic with the Fairies 11 The Fairy Dependence 12 Time and Seasons 13 Fairy Morality: The Double Strain 14 Changelings and Midwives 15 Fairy Wives and Fairy Lovers 16 Fairy Encounters and Odd Experiences 17 Human Opinions PART III Some Literary Fairies 18 The Poets: The Eighteenth Century 19 The Poets: The Nineteenth Century and After 20 The Foreign Invasion 21 The Moralists 22 Folklorists and Collectors 23 The Humorists 24 Whimsy 25 Something to Bite On