Katharine Briggs on the fairies of British tradition: who they were believed to be, how they behaved, and how writers from Shakespeare onward made use of them. Scholarly and readable, by the great authority on the subject.
About Katharine Briggs

Katharine Briggs
Paperback · Routledge · 2002
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Katharine Briggs on the fairies of British tradition: who they were believed to be, how they behaved, and how writers from Shakespeare onward made use of them. Scholarly and readable, by the great authority on the subject.
About Katharine Briggs
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