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The Fairy Mythology

Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various Countries.

206 entries · 16 sections

by Thomas Keightley

Title Page Table of Plates Preface Introduction

Oriental Romance

Persian Romance The Peri-Wife Arabian Romance

Middle-Age Romance

Middle-Age Romance

Fairy-Land

Spenser's Faerie Queene

Spenser's Faerie Queene

Eddas and Sagas

Eddas and Sagas The Alfar The Duergar Loki and the Dwarf Thorston and the Dwarf The Dwarf-Sword Tirfing

Scandanavia

Scandanavia Elves Sir Olof in the Elve-Dance The Elf Woman and Sir Olof The Young Swain and the Elves Svend Faelling and the Elle-Maid The Elle-Maids Maid Vae The Elle-Maid near Ebeltoft Hans Puntleder Dwarfs or Trolls Sir Thynnè Proud Margaret The Troll Wife The Altar-Cup in Aagerup Origin of Tiis Lake A Farmer tricks a Troll Skotte in the Fire The Legend of Bodedys Kallundborg Church The Hill-Man invited to the Christening The Troll turned Cat Kirsten's Hill The Troll-Labourer The Hill-Smith The Girl at the Troll-Dance The Changeling The Tile-Stove jumping over the Brook Departure of the Trolls from Vendsyssel Svend Faelling The Dwarfs' Banquet Nisses The Nis Removing The Penitant Nis The Nis and the Boy The Nis stealing Corn The Nis and the Mare The Nis Riding The Nisses in Vosborg Necks, Merman and Mermaids The Power of the Harp Duke Magnus and the Mermaid

Northern Islands

Northern Islands Iceland Feroes Shetland Gioga's Son The Mermaid Wife Orkneys Isle of Rugen Adventures of John Dietrich The Little Glass Shoe The Wonderful Plough The Lost Bell The Black Dwarfs of Granitz

Germany

Germany Dwarfs The Hill-Man at the Dance The Dwarf's Feast The Friendly Dwarfs Wedding Feast of the Little People Smith Riechert Dwarfs stealing Corn Journey of Dwarfs over the Mountain The Dwarfs borrowing Bread The Changeling The Dwarf-Husband Inge of Rantum The Wild-Women The Oldenburg Horn Kobolds Hinzelmann Hödeken King Goldemar The Heinzelmänchen Nixes The Peasant and the Waterman The Water-Smith The Working Waterman The Nix-Labour

Switzerland

Switzerland Gertrude and Rosy The Chamois-Hunter The Dwarfs on the Tree Curiousity punished The Rejected Gift The Wonderful Little Pouch Aid and Punishment The Dwarf in search of Lodging

Great Britian

Great Britian England The Green Children The Fairy-Banquet The Fairy-Horn The Portunes The Grant The Luck of Eden Hall The Fairy-Fair The Fairies' Cauldron The Cauld Lad of Hilton The Pixy-Labour Pixy-Vengence Pixy-Gratitude The Fairy Thieves The Boggart Addlers and Menters The Fairy-Nursling The Fairy-Labour Ainsel and Puck Scottish Lowlands The Fairies' Nurse The Fairy-Rade The Changeling Departure of the Fairies The Brownie

Celts and Cymry

Celts and Cymry Ireland Clever Tom and the Leprechaun The Leprechaun in the Garden The Three Leprechauns The Little Shoe Scottish Highlands The Fairy's Inquiry The Young Man in the Shian The Two Fiddlers The Fairy-Labour The Fairy borrowing Oatmeal The Fairy-Gift The Stolen Ox The Stolen Lady The Changeling The Wounded Seal The Brownies The Urisk Isle of Man The Fairy-Chapman The Fairy-Banquet The Fairies' Christening The Fairy-Whipping The Fairy-Hunt The Fiddler and the Fairy The Phynodderee Wales Tale of Elidurus The Tylwyth Teg The Spirit of the Van Rhys at the Fairy Dance Gitto Bach The Fairies Banished Brittany Lai D'Ywenec Lord Nann and the Korrigan The Dance and Song of the Korred Southern Europe Greece Italy Spain The Daughter of Peter de Cabinam Origin of the House of Haro La Infantina Pepito el Corcovado France Legend of Melusina

Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe Finns Slaves Vilas Deer and Vila

Africans, Jews, etc.

Africans, Jews, etc.Africans Jews The Broken Oaths The Moohel The Mazik-Ass

Conclusion

Appendices

The Harvest Dinner The Young Piper The Soul Cages Barry of Cairn Thierna Aileen a Roon Rousseau's Dream Alexander Selkirk's Dream A Moonlight Scene Lines Written in a Lady's Album To Amanda Lines A Farewell Verses Father Cuddy's Song The Praises of Mazenderan