The fairy-faith in Celtic countries. [Library of the mystic arts] [The living fairy-earth. Environment ; Taking of evidence ; Anthropological examination of the evidence -- The recorded fairy-earth. People of the Goddess Dana (Tuatha dé Danann) or, the Sidhe (pronounced Shee) ; Brythonic divinities and the Brythonic fairy-earth ; Celtic otherworld ; The Celt doctrineine of rebirth -- The cult of gods, spirits fairies, and the dead. The testimony of archaeology ; The testimony of paganism ; The testimony of Christianity -- Modern science and the fairy faith ; and conclusions -- Science and fairies -- The Celtic doctrine of re-birth and otherworld scientifically examined.] by Evans-Wentz, W. Y. (Walter Yeeling), 1878-1965 - 1990

New York, NY : Citadel Press, 1911, 1990, 1990. Fine. 1st Carol Pub. Group ed. ; xxxvi, 524 p. ; 23 cm ; ISBN: 0806511605; 9780806511603 LCCN: 90-161394 ; LC: GR137; Dewey: 398/.45 ; OCLC: 21873362 ; Reprint. Originally published: London : H. Frowde, 1911./ Includes bibliographical references and index. ; Contents : The living fairy-earth. Environment ; Taking of evidence ; Anthropological examination of the evidence -- The recorded fairy-earth. People of the Goddess Dana (Tuatha dé Danann) or, the Sidhe (pronounced Shee) ; Brythonic divinities and the Brythonic fairy-earth ; Celtic otherworld ; The Celt doctrineine of rebirth -- The cult of gods, spirits fairies, and the dead. The testimony of archaeology ; The testimony of paganism ; The testimony of Christianity -- Modern science and the fairy faith ; and conclusions -- Science and fairies -- The Celtic doctrine of re-birth and otherworld scientifically examined. ; Dr. Evans-Wentz is best known as the author-translator of "The Tibetan Book of the Dead", but his first love was this book, which presents a body of tradition and testimony about an elusive order of life that survives in the natural setting of wild and lonely places. He was not satisfied with merely formal study, but collected first-hand reports of fairies in Wales, Ireland, Scotland and Brittany, and faced up to the key questions avoided by other folklorists. Dr. Evans-Wentz, whose journeys led him from the haunts of fairyland to the wilderness of Tibet, opens a path for us to the luminous reality behind the traditions of folklore. ; this copy is prepped for binding, condition FINE, but DISBOUND