| Description |
xii, 210 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-203) and index. |
| Contents |
Little people and giants, wild men, mermaids and other mythic creatures -- An overview of the "little people" in Native America -- Mermaids & water beings -- The forest folk -- Giants -- Comparative fairy mythology and folklore -- Fairies and giants: a world of reality or world of myth? -- Wild men -- Horned beings -- Spirits of the otherworld-ghosts an vampires! -- Werewolves-not just in Transylvania -- Harpies and other creatures of storms and wind -- Spirit beings of the animal & insect kind -- The snake the horned snake -- The turtle and the tortoise -- The toad and the frog -- The eagle and the raven -- The owl -- The dog -- The cat -- The bear -- The hare and the rabbit -- The bat -- The spider -- The bee -- Appendix A: The fairy -- Appendix B: The wild men. |
| Subject |
Mythology -- Comparative studies.
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| ISBN |
9780875865454 trade paper |
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0875865453 trade paper |
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9780875865461 hardcover : cover |
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0875865461 hardcover : cover |
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9780875865478 ebook |
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087586547X ebook |
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