Learn about the legends and mysteries that surround mythical creatures with these enthralling guides. Hunt down the most fearsome dragons, explore the fairy world, follow the history of giants, and discover the most famous monsters in the world. Prepare to enter a realm of amazing artwork, incredible tales and legendary encounters.
Edited by David Larkin. Two talented artists explore the world of faeries in myths, legends, and folklore.
Using clever disguises, fairies live and hide in treetops, forests, gardens, marshes, and hedgerows.
In earlier times, only certain people could see fairies: witches, wizards, sorcerers, prophets, and others who were born with “the sight,” or clairvoyance, the ability to see the unseen. Sometimes the fairies took a liking to a certain ...
However, many species of water fairy have webbed feet.) The life cycle of a fairy (When walking in the heather, be careful of the tiny flutterpillar of the Wicklow Fairy, decked out in greens and purples.) Clever fairy camouflage (Reed ...
In addition, the book includes fun facts about fairies and fairyland in history and popular culture, such as: * Sir Arthur Conan Doyle believed in fairies and was taken in by a photograph which two little girls faked of fairies in ...
Some of them are indeed the sweet-tempered, winged creatures of folklore, but the fairy family also includes goblins, trolls, brownies, and other strange creatures, some of which are revealed to humans in this book for the very first time.
Enter a fantastic realm where imagination and magic abide and logic and reason are abandoned. It's the world of fairies where the unknown, unseen, and intangible operate as the norm.
Nissa and Piper are twins—fairy twins!
The fairy tradition in the British Isles is a fantastically rich and varied one. This book celebrates this diversity with essays, poems and a wonderful selection of reported sightings and...
Gwendolyn Carlisle loves fairies, perhaps too much.