WEB PAGES

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[a fairy!] This section includes a variety of web resources including encyclopedias, galleries and other kinds of web sites. Instead of trying to link every faery web site out there, I've decided to choose only the best. A lot of my old faves are gone or have moved, but I'll keep looking.

REFERENCE PAGES
  • Nature Spirits of the World. This is primarily a lengthy page of links, but it also has an author's note with a useful discussion about the difference between nature spirits (aka fairies) and gods. The annotations are also very useful.
  • Faerie Lore and Literature. A dictionary, literary links, motif index, and more. Probably the best faery reference on the web. Alas, it looks like it may be gone. I'll keep looking.
  • Changelings. An essay and links to electronic texts of British, German and Scandinavian changeling legends.
  • A Field Guide to Irish Fairies. Just what the title says it is (you can also get to the Leprechaun Watch from here).
  • Baccalieu Trail Fairy Stories. Information about Newfoundland fairies, collected in 1988.
  • Italian Faery. Brief descriptions of many of the fairies of Italy. This is a paganism/magic site, so each fairy is associated with one of the four elements.
  • Faerie Encyclopedia. Includes types of faeries, euphemisms, plants, locations, poety and more. It's moved, but doesn't seem to be at the new addy, either. I'll keep looking.
  • The Encyclopedia Mythica. The Folklore section is a good place to find short essays on various faery folk.
  • The Irish Fairy Folk. Brief descriptions.
  • What is a banshee?
  • Tir Nan Og. Celtic and non-Celtic faeries, pictures from Froud and Lee, etc.

ESSAYS
  • Tumuli, Tumps, Humps and Other Bumps.
  • Hollow Hills. This essay by Jeremy Harte from At the Edge explores the fairy lore surrounding some of England's barrows and other hills. There is also a long (and valuable) list of print references -- some scholarly, some less so -- on the topic of fairies and hollow hills.
  • Fairies and their Kin. Another At the Edge essay, this time by Bob Trubshaw; it asks "What are Fairies?" and then looks at the connections between fairies and other kinds of folkloric, supernatural and psychological phenomena. There is also a summary of research from 1990 to 1994.
  • Celtic Folklore: The Fairy Changeling, from the Dalriada Celtic Heritage Trust, Isle of Arran. Another dead link but, once again, I'll keep looking for it.
  • Celtic Folklore: People of the Mounds. This seems to be gone, too. (Eek, all the good ones . . . )

MAGIC
  • Lavendise. Sanctuary of the Fae. This is now a site for a sea horse farm! But seahorses are cool, so I've left the link active for now.

GALLERIES

MISCELLANEOUS
  • World of Froud. This is the website for Brian and Wendy (and Toby) Froud. Includes info on their art and books, movies (Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal) and more.
  • Faerie Lands Forlorn. Find art, stories and free faery-themed fonts here. This page is part of the excellent Scriptorium font site.
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