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This is a wonderful collection of stories about Greek fairies.
Similar to the northern fairies, they are not adverse to interacting with mortals.
However, there is always some "proviso", such as the fairy bride who is forbidden to speak, and drives her husband mad (The Fairy Mother).
The tragedy can also turn the other way, such as the fairy maiden exiled from the fairy palace by one kiss from a mortal (The Fairy Comb).
Greek fairies avoid guns (i.e. metal), crosses, and talismans, just like their northern counterparts.
They have sanctuaries, sometimes on mountain peaks, sometimes in the ocean.
The Greek fairies described here are obvious descendants of the nature elementals of ancient mythology.--J.B. Hare.

Title Page

Contents

Illustrations

Foreword

I. The Fairy Hunter

II. Fairy Gardens

III. The Fairy Wife

IV. Fairies of the Waterfall

V. The Fairy Comb

VI. A Fairy Wedding

VII. The Fairy Ring

The Fairies' Theft

IX. The Haunted Ship

X. The Wonder of Skoupa

XI. The First of May

XII. The Fairy Mother

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