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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Softcover. English. See images for condition.

About the book >.>.> Opening this book transports you into a realm of magic where mystical creatures and enigmatic fairy kingdoms defy logic?a world where even speaking a name can be perilous and nothing is as it appears. But what are fairies? Mere figments of imagination? Far from it. Belief in these beings traces back to humanity?s earliest days spanning cultures from Africa to New Zealand Britain to the Americas. If you envision fairies as delicate winged sprites prepare to rethink. As these pages reveal many beings we call ?fairies? began as ancient gods and goddesses later diminished by newer belief systems to nature spirits or ethereal tricksters. Others hail from parallel realms crossing into ours in fleeting mysterious encounters. Their forms are as diverse as their origins: from Ireland?s monstrous Formorians to the diminutive Abatwa of South Africa some mirror humans closely enough to marry or coexist with them?though caution is wise. Malevolence lingers more often than kindness among these beings and some inspire genuine terror. From Abapansi to Zwezda entries span icy wildernesses to sun-drenched tropics organized alphabetically for ease. Variant spellings and cultural names enrich each entry while cross-references connect related beings transforming the book into a dynamic thesaurus of folklore. Whether scholar or curious reader this guide invites you to explore fairies not as whimsy but as timeless global phenomena?equal parts awe and warning. Dare to delve and discover a world where myth and reality blur. (MP)