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Thomas Keightley
The Mythology of Fairies
The tales about fairies from all over the world
e-artnow, 2020
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EAN: 4064066399238
Table of Contents
Origin of the Belief in Fairies.
INTRODUCTION.
In oldè dayès of the King Artoúr,
Of which that Bretons spoken gret honoúr,
All was this lond fulfilled of faërie;
The elf-qrene with hir jolie companie
Danced full oft in many a grenè mede.
Chaucer.
ORIGIN OF THE BELIEF IN FAIRIES.
According to a well-known law of our nature, effects suggest causes; and another law, perhaps equally general, impels us to ascribe to the actual and efficient cause the attribute of intelligence. The