Evans-Wentz presents an accurate record of ancestral Celtic devotion about the apparent reality of leprechauns, pixies, elves, fairies and other nature spirits. Not only is this a formal and scholarly study but an educated report of how beliefs became the standards of ancient Pagan magic. We come away with the conclusion that fairies and other such manifestations may be the inhabitants of a more advanced existence that only a few of us can understand. This account combines medieval myths, traditional fairy knowledge, and early Paganism with folk-lore, history, anthropology and psychology to become a narrative which appears too consistent to be the result of an insane distraction. This magnificent book is a very readable collection of anecdotes, interviews, and legends made available to Evans-Wentz who has fashioned them into an essential reference for generations to come.
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This review is from: The Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries: The Classic Study of Leprechauns, Pixies, and Other Fairy Spirits (Paperback)
Although the original Evans-Wentz book is a good resource, the number of typographical errors in this edition renders it unreadable and in some areas useless. It looks like the text was copied using computer Optical Character Recognition software and the total edit check was a computer spell checker, so whole words of the text have been changed.
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This is one of the worst versions of W.Y. Evans-Wentz works. This book is also an insult to the original version. Nearly every page is rife with typos making it difficult to read. Apparently this company either does not have an qualified editors or they fell asleep on the job before they even started.
I would take my money elsewhere and try to find an earlier version if you can.
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