They have seen repeated surges of renewed popularity from the Renaissance to the present fantasy-besotted moment.Įlves, changelings, mermaids, pixies, and sprites, England’s Queen Mab, France’s Morgana, Scandinavian nixies, and Irish banshees: these magical creatures are sometimes mischievous, sometimes dangerous, but always enchanting. With ancient roots in pagan belief, fairies have long populated mythology, folklore, and oral and written poetry. A wide-ranging and appealingly fairy-sized treasury of fantastical poems from across the centuries and around the world, in a gorgeously jacketed small hardcoverįascination with fairies spans centuries and cultures.
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