The vanishing people
Subtitle: fairy lore and legends
By: Katharine Briggs ; illustrations by Mary I. French
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 1978
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780394502489
Copyright date: 1978
Subjects: Fairies.; Fairy tales -- History and criticism.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [203]-206.
Includes indexes.
Table of contents: title: The supernatural passage of time in Fairyland; title: The origins of fairy beliefs and beliefs about fairy origins; title: The Trooping Fairies; title: House spirits; title: Nature fairies; title: Fairy habitations; title: Fairy midwives and fairy changelings; title: Captives in Fairyland; title: Powers exercised by the fairies; title: Fairy dealings with mortals; title: Fairy patrons and fairy wives; title: Fairy morality; title: Fairy sports; title: Notes and references; title: Glossary of fairies; title: Book list; title: Index of tale types; title: Motif index; title: General index