Seducing virgins, preying upon hapless travelers, luring mortals toward madness and death . . . What are faeries really like?
Contrary to today’s sanitized
depictions, the hobgoblins, imps, sprites, elves, and other magical
creatures embodied in folklore can be quite nasty. Kenny Klein draws on
folkloric record—ancient songs, stories of forest and field, legends,
myths, and sagas—to reveal faeries’ true nature: where they live; what
they do; their desires, fears, powers, proclivities, and enchantments.
Entertaining and enlightening,
this unique guide explores human interactions with Mab the Faerie
Queen, Puck the prankster, Reynardine the fox man, Jenny Green Teeth,
and an array of other legendary fey. It includes rituals and spells for
faerie protection, tells the reader how to enlist faerie help in
finding lost objects or gaining inspiration, and offers practical tips
for those who dare to venture into the world of the Faerie.
“Think you know faeries?
This well-researched, compelling book will have you looking twice at
shadows and tying bits of red thread around your bedposts for
protection.”—Jennifer McMahon, author of Promise Not to Tell
Today, more and more people want to discover the reality of the creatures found in the faerie realm. Here, famed Pagan Kenny Klein reveals the amazing truth about faeries—you'll never think of them as sanitized Tinkerbells with trails of "fairy dust" again!
Real faeries are startlingly earthy. Presented through a series of folk songs and stories, this guide shares the truth about pixies and selkies, wood nymphs and elves. You'll learn what they do, where they live, and the facts about what they are: sometimes nice, sometimes nasty; sometimes spiritual, and sometimes intensely erotic.
Scholarly yet both imaginative and fun, Through the Faerie Glass explores the record of faerie and human interaction in a way that can guide explorations of your own. See how the historic record of the faerie survives in music, holiday traditions and, of course, faerie tales.
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