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W. Y. Evans-Wentz. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries
The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries
Table of Contents
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
SECTION I
THE LIVING FAIRY-FAITH
CHAPTER I
ENVIRONMENT
SECTION I
THE LIVING FAIRY-FAITH
CHAPTER II
THE TAKING OF EVIDENCE
SECTION I
THE LIVING FAIRY-FAITH
CHAPTER III
AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF THE EVIDENCE
SECTION II
THE RECORDED FAIRY-FAITH
CHAPTER IV
THE PEOPLE OF THE GODDESS DANA (Tuatha Dé Danann) OR THE SIDHE (pronounced Shee)[219]
SECTION II
THE RECORDED FAIRY-FAITH
CHAPTER V
BRYTHONIC DIVINITIES AND THE BRYTHONIC FAIRY-FAITH[265]
SECTION II
THE RECORDED FAIRY-FAITH
CHAPTER VI
THE CELTIC OTHERWORLD[321]
SECTION II
THE RECORDED FAIRY-FAITH
CHAPTER VII
THE CELTIC DOCTRINE OF RE-BIRTH[357]
SECTION III
THE CULT OF GODS, SPIRITS, FAIRIES, AND THE DEAD
CHAPTER VIII
THE TESTIMONY OF ARCHAEOLOGY[428]
SECTION III
THE CULT OF GODS, SPIRITS, FAIRIES, AND THE DEAD
CHAPTER IX
THE TESTIMONY OF PAGANISM
SECTION III
THE CULT OF GODS, SPIRITS, FAIRIES, AND THE DEAD
CHAPTER X
THE TESTIMONY OF CHRISTIANITY
SECTION IV
MODERN SCIENCE AND THE FAIRY FAITH; AND CONCLUSIONS[566]
CHAPTER XI
SCIENCE AND FAIRIES
SECTION IV
MODERN SCIENCE AND THE FAIRY-FAITH; AND CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER XII
THE CELTIC DOCTRINE OF RE-BIRTH AND OTHERWORLD SCIENTIFICALLY EXAMINED
INDEX
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W. Y. Evans-Wentz
Published by Good Press, 2019
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The Fairies are the Dead.—‘According to the local belief, fairies are the spirits of the departed. Tradition says that Hugh O’Neil in the sixteenth century, after his march to the south, encamped his army on the Rath or Fort of Ringlestown, to be assisted by the spirits of the mighty dead who dwelt within this rath. And it is believed that Gerald Fitzgerald has been seen coming out of the Hill of Mollyellen, down in County Louth, leading his horse and dressed in the old Irish costume, with breastplate, spear, and war outfit.’
Fairy Possession.—‘Rose Carroll was possessed by a fairy-spirit. It is known that her father held communion with evil spirits, and it appears that they often assisted him. The Carrolls’ house was built at the end of a fairy fort, and part of it was scooped out of this fort. Rose grew so peculiar that her folks locked her up. After two years she was able to shake off the fairy possession by being taken to Father Robinson’s sisters, and then to an old witch-woman in Drogheda.’
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