The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries

By: W. Y. Evans-Wentz

Subjects include: Environment; Taking Of Evidence; An Anthropological Examination Of The Evidence; The Recorded Fairy Faith; People Of The Goddess Dana; Brythonic Divinities And The Brythonic Fairy-Faith; Celtic Otherworld; The Celtic Doctrine Of Rebirth; The Cult Of Gods, Spirits Fairies, And The Dead; The Testimony Of Archaeology; The Testimony Of Paganism; The Testimony Of Christianity; Science And Fairies; The Celtic Doctrine Of Re-Birth And Otherworld Scientifically Examined.This is one of the most in-depth and scholarly attempts to explain the phenomena of the Celtic belief in fairies. Based on Evans-Wentz' Oxford doctoral thesis, it includes an extensive survey of the literature from many different perspectives, including folk-lore, history, anthropology and psychology. We come away from this study with a multi-dimensional view of the fairies, who, much like the grey aliens of UFO belief, inhabit a narrative which seems too consistent to be the product of insanity, yet too bizarre for conventional explanation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1534662227
• ISBN13: 9781534662223
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"