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Fairies A Dangerous History Richard Sugg

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Fairies A Dangerous History Richard Sugg
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Publisher: Reaktion Books
File Extension: EPUB
File size: 6.24 MB
Pages: 462
Author: Richard Sugg
Language: English
Year: 2018

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Fairies A Dangerous History Richard Sugg by Richard Sugg instant download after payment.

Don't be fooled by Tinkerbell and her pixie dust—the real fairies were dangerous. In the late seventeenth century, they could still scare people to death. Little wonder, as they were thought to be descended from the Fallen Angels, and to have the power to destroy the world itself. Despite their modern image as gauzy playmates, the fairies feared by ordinary people caused them to flee their homes, to revere fairy trees and paths, and to abuse or even kill infants or adults held to be fairy changelings. Such beliefs, along with some remarkably detailed sightings, lingered on in places well into the twentieth century. Often associated with witchcraft and black magic, fairies were also closely involved with reports of ghosts and poltergeists.

In literature and art, the fairies still retained this edge of danger. From the wild magic of A Midsummer Night's Dream, through the dark glamour of Keats, the improbably erotic poem "Goblin Market," or the paintings inspired by...

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