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Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries
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The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries

W. Y. Evans-Wentz1911
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A landmark study of the belief in fairies and supernatural beings across the six Celtic countries (Ireland, Scotland, Isle of Man, Wales, Cornwall, and Brittany). Evans-Wentz combines first-hand ethnographic fieldwork with psychological and theological analysis, arguing that the 'fairy-faith' is a genuine spiritual tradition rooted in ancient ancestor worship and the experience of the 'unseen world'. He famously proposes that fairy phenomena might be actual psychical events rather than mere cultural myths.

Also known asEvans-Wentz Celtic Studies · The Fairy-Faith
This edition1911
EditionOxford University Press, London
AnimismSpiritualismAncestor WorshipFairy-faithPsychical ResearchAnthropologyObservation of folk customsTheosophyCeltic Folk-lore / Psychical ResearchFolklore & SuperstitionCeltic mythology

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Contents578 chapters

  1. 01THE FAIRY-FAITH IN CELTIC COUNTRIES
  2. 02W. Y. EVANS WENTZ
  3. 03CONTENTS
  4. 04PREFACE
  5. 05INTRODUCTION
  6. 06SECTION I THE LIVING FAIRY-FAITH
  7. 07CHAPTER I ENVIRONMENT
  8. 08SECTION I THE LIVING FAIRY-FAITH
  9. 09CHAPTER II THE TAKING OF EVIDENCE
  10. 10SECTION I THE LIVING FAIRY-FAITH
  11. 11CHAPTER III AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF THE EVIDENCE
  12. 12SECTION II THE RECORDED FAIRY-FAITH
  13. 13CHAPTER IV THE PEOPLE OF THE GODDESS DANA (Tuatha Dé Danann) OR THE SIDHE (pronounced Shee)[219]
  14. 14SECTION II THE RECORDED FAIRY-FAITH
  15. 15CHAPTER V BRYTHONIC DIVINITIES AND THE BRYTHONIC FAIRY-FAITH[265]
  16. 16SECTION II THE RECORDED FAIRY-FAITH
  17. 17CHAPTER VI THE CELTIC OTHERWORLD[321]
  18. 18SECTION II THE RECORDED FAIRY-FAITH
  19. 19CHAPTER VII THE CELTIC DOCTRINE OF RE-BIRTH[357]
  20. 20SECTION III THE CULT OF GODS, SPIRITS, FAIRIES, AND THE DEAD
  21. 21CHAPTER VIII THE TESTIMONY OF ARCHAEOLOGY[428]
  22. 22SECTION III THE CULT OF GODS, SPIRITS, FAIRIES, AND THE DEAD
  23. 23CHAPTER IX THE TESTIMONY OF PAGANISM
  24. 24SECTION III THE CULT OF GODS, SPIRITS, FAIRIES, AND THE DEAD
  25. 25CHAPTER X THE TESTIMONY OF CHRISTIANITY
  26. 26SECTION IV MODERN SCIENCE AND THE FAIRY FAITH; AND CONCLUSIONS[566]
  27. 27CHAPTER XI SCIENCE AND FAIRIES
  28. 28SECTION IV MODERN SCIENCE AND THE FAIRY-FAITH; AND CONCLUSIONS
  29. 29CHAPTER XII THE CELTIC DOCTRINE OF RE-BIRTH AND OTHERWORLD SCIENTIFICALLY EXAMINED
  30. 30INDEX
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