The Little Book of Fairies

Carolyne Larrington (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

96 Seiten

2026
British Library Publishing (Verlag)
9780712355742 (ISBN)

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In our modern age fairies are diminutive, winged spirits associated with the innocence of childhood, or else the brooding heroes of popular romantasy books. But the fairies of the British Isles have taken many guises. To the early Britons they were fallen angels or relegated pagan gods, denizens of a strange world parallel to our own. In whispered tales, they can be found orchestrating shipwrecks, blinding queens, kidnapping musicians for their secret revels, and luring human lovers into the greenwood with their seductive beauty and beguiling promises.

Their changeability has made them mainstays of the fantasy genre: at once capricious and ethereal, wielding arcane laws to reward and exploit human nature, and dolling out blessings and curses in equal measure. From protective fairy godmothers to uncanny fairy changelings, and from Tam Lin to Tinkerbell, Carolyne Larrington unravels a plethora of fairy tales in this shimmering guide to the fae, accompanied with beautiful illustrations from the British Library collections.

Carolyne Larrington is emerita professor of medieval European literature at the University of Oxford. She writes on Old Norse-Icelandic literature, myths and legends, folklore and popular medievalism. Her most recent books include All Men Must Die: Power and Passion in Game of Thrones and The Norse Myths that Shape the Way We Think. She is also the author of The Little Book of Trolls and The Little Book of Dragons for the British Library

Erscheint lt. Verlag	25.8.2026
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	151 x 214 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Historische Romane
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber
	Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
ISBN-13	9780712355742 / 9780712355742
Zustand	Neuware