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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. The first volume of French cult classic L'Encyclopédie du merveilleux translated into English. 'People of the Sun' are creatures who share our sun, but are not necessarily good. It covers: Amazons, Angels, Arragoussets, Banshees, Bergleutes, Boggarts, Brownies, Bugel-noz, Centaurs, Cluricaunes, Djinns, Doubles, Dryads, Duergars, Dwarves, Elves, Erdluitles, Fairies, Familiar genies, Fauns, Fir darrig, Germanic and Scandinavian gods, Ghouls, Gnomes, Goblins (earth & forest), Gremlins, Imps, Knockers, Kobolds, Korrigans, Laminaks, Leprechauns, Mari Morgan, Mermaids, Morgans and morganes, Naiads, Nibelung, Nisses, tomtes, Night waserwomen, Nixes and nixies, Nutons, Nymohs, Oceanids and nereids, Ondins and ondines, Pixes, Pucks, Pygmies, Red caps, Salamanders, Selkies, Servants, Sylphs and sylphides, Tritons, Water witches, White Ladies, Will-o'-the-wisps and Wivres. Detailed mythologies are accompanied by engravings, reproductions of artworks and original illustrations. Unfortunately, it looks like translation of the other volumes (Fantastic Beasts and People of the Shadow) has followed through. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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'The Encyclopedia of Fantasy' gathers together all the magical creatures that have inhabited the fantastical realm, from angels and elves to mermaids and selkies." No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresNo genres Melvil Decimal System (DDC)398.45Social sciences Customs, Etiquette, Folklore Folklore Paranatural and legendary phenomena as subjects of folklore Paranormal beings of human and semihuman formRatingAverage:
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