Fairies feature in films and on TV, but through the ages there have been many actual sightings in Britain, Ireland and North America. Now, the digitisation of local newspapers and ephemera has opened another Aladdin’s cave of sources. For the first time, Magical Folk traces their hidden footsteps from 500 AD to the present. In Southern England Master Dobbs, who ended up as Harry Potter character ‘Dobby’, often shows himself, while in Ireland fairies may be the dead, Scotland harbors the terrifying Whoopity Stoorie, and homesick North America magical folk may dunk you in the Atlantic ocean. Also included are findings from the Fairy Census, the survey of modern sightings around the world.
Magical Folk: British and Irish Fairies, 500 AD to the Present
Adult Reference / Non Fiction
Magical Folk: British and Irish Fairies, 500 AD to the Present
£14.99
The success of Hollywood’s Peter Pan relegated fairies to the realm of children. But the phenomenal success of Tolkien and J.K. Rowling have restored magical folk to the adult world – where they always belonged. In this book, readers will discover that Hobbits hail from Tolkien’s aunt’s Worcestershire manor farm Bag-End and Harry Potter’s Master Dobbs is part of ancient Kent folklore.
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| Weight | 0.381 kg |
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| Dimensions | 19.8 × 12.9 × 2.2 cm |
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| Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | 256 |
| Language | English |
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| Dewey | 398.210941 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
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