A fabulously entertaining work with over 100 delightful illustrations--Library Journal calls Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins its "favorite work of 1996."
In more than 2,000 alphabetically arranged entries, readers will meet angels, demons, elves, encantados, fairies, familiars, keremets, nats, nymphs, and many other strange beings from around the world. Carol Rose introduces the reader to the little--and not so little--folk, delightfully various and, at the same time, strikingly similar from country to country. Wherever humans have lived, the supernatural beings have dwelt alongside us. People serve to explain the unexplainable--the strange disappearance of a traveler in a dark wood, that odd thumping in the attic, the fresh cream turned sour overnight. Often they reveal the stoic humor with which human societies have faced their difficulties. But whatever their source, our guilts, fears, dreams, or imaginations, the spirits have fascinated and enchanted us through the millennia. Chosen by Library Journal as a Best Reference Source.
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The variety of cultures represented is breathtaking. . . . Rose's encyclopedia will enrich reference collections in several thousand little ways. -- Rettig on Reference
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Carol Rose is a research member at the University of Kent and a senior lecturer at Canterbury College, England.
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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
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Amazing,
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This review is from: Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins: An Encyclopedia (Paperback)
This book is incredible. It not only contains thousands of entries, encyclopedia-style, but it cross-references them geographically and by type of creature. I've learned tons. I read this book not only for fun, but as a resource in my work as a writer of fantasy. I have other books like it, but this one is essential.
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Fabulous reference,
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This book is superb. It is comprehensive, authoritative, and an invaluable reference guide for writers and other researchers. I was hesitant when I saw the listed reading level as age 4-8. That's clearly an error. This is a book for adults, and a really good one.
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Great Resource,
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It seems Carol Rose went through every culture to collect all the entries. Its very hard, these days, to find good resource materials for mythological beings but this book has it all. No fairy tale aspects, just facts:) Definetly recommended for the fantasy writer or fantasy fanatic.
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This is the name of an evil spirit or devil in the folklore of the Basque people of southwestern France and northwestern Spain. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
nursery bogie, important encantado, nuisance spirit, nursery spirit, malevolent toward humans, female forest spirit, female djinn, brownie type, household spirit, diminutive spirits, bogey beast, female nature spirit, attendant genius, frightening spirit, medieval demonology, corn spirit, female water spirit, demon whose name, weather spirit, unwary humans, attendant spirit, folk beliefs, terrifying spirit, disease demon, vegetation spirit Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Little People, Soviet Republic, Native American, Wild Hunt, West Malaysia, Amesha Spentas, United Kingdom, Guardian Angel, Fallen Angel, Robin Goodfellow, Blue Jay, Isle of Man, West Africa, Hedley Kow, Auld Hornie, Church Grim, Seu Turquia, Romany Gypsies, Jenny Greenteeth, Tom Tit Tot, Black Shuck, Each Uisge, Trooping Fairies, Corn Mother, Baba Yaga New!
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This is the name of an evil spirit or devil in the folklore of the Basque people of southwestern France and northwestern Spain. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
nursery bogie, important encantado, nuisance spirit, nursery spirit, malevolent toward humans, female forest spirit, female djinn, brownie type, household spirit, diminutive spirits, bogey beast, female nature spirit, attendant genius, frightening spirit, medieval demonology, corn spirit, female water spirit, demon whose name, weather spirit, unwary humans, attendant spirit, folk beliefs, terrifying spirit, disease demon, vegetation spirit Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Little People, Soviet Republic, Native American, Wild Hunt, West Malaysia, Amesha Spentas, United Kingdom, Guardian Angel, Fallen Angel, Robin Goodfellow, Blue Jay, Isle of Man, West Africa, Hedley Kow, Auld Hornie, Church Grim, Seu Turquia, Romany Gypsies, Jenny Greenteeth, Tom Tit Tot, Black Shuck, Each Uisge, Trooping Fairies, Corn Mother, Baba Yaga New!
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- The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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