The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries

About this eBook

Author

Evans-Wentz, W. Y. (Walter Yeeling), 1878-1965

Credits

Produced by Ted Garvin and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

GR: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Folklore

Subject

Fairies

Category

Text

eBook-No.

34853

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34853

Release Date

January 5, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE FAIRY-FAITH IN CELTIC COUNTRIES — BY
2. 2.W. Y. EVANS WENTZ
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.PREFACE
5. 5.INTRODUCTION
6. 6.THE LIVING FAIRY-FAITH — CHAPTER I — ENVIRONMENT
7. 7.THE LIVING FAIRY-FAITH — CHAPTER II — THE TAKING OF EVIDENCE
8. 8.THE LIVING FAIRY-FAITH — CHAPTER III — AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF THE EVIDENCE
9. 9.THE RECORDED FAIRY-FAITH — CHAPTER IV — THE PEOPLE OF THE GODDESS DANA ( Tuatha Dé Danann ) OR THE SIDHE ( pronounced Shee ) [219]
10. 10.THE RECORDED FAIRY-FAITH — CHAPTER V — BRYTHONIC DIVINITIES AND THE BRYTHONIC FAIRY-FAITH [265]
11. 11.THE RECORDED FAIRY-FAITH — CHAPTER VI — THE CELTIC OTHERWORLD [321]
12. 12.THE RECORDED FAIRY-FAITH — CHAPTER VII — THE CELTIC DOCTRINE OF RE-BIRTH [357]
13. 13.THE CULT OF GODS, SPIRITS, FAIRIES, AND THE DEAD — CHAPTER VIII — THE TESTIMONY OF ARCHAEOLOGY [428]
14. 14.THE CULT OF GODS, SPIRITS, FAIRIES, AND THE DEAD — CHAPTER IX — THE TESTIMONY OF PAGANISM
15. 15.THE CULT OF GODS, SPIRITS, FAIRIES, AND THE DEAD — CHAPTER X — THE TESTIMONY OF CHRISTIANITY
16. 16.MODERN SCIENCE AND THE FAIRY FAITH; AND CONCLUSIONS [566] — CHAPTER XI — SCIENCE AND FAIRIES
17. 17.MODERN SCIENCE AND THE FAIRY-FAITH; AND CONCLUSIONS — CHAPTER XII — THE CELTIC DOCTRINE OF RE-BIRTH AND OTHERWORLD SCIENTIFICALLY EXAMINED
18. 18.INDEX

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