{"product_id":"2940012482464","title":"The Fairy-Faith In Celtic Countries","description":"The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries\u003cbr\u003eby W.Y. Evans-Wentz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA serious study of Fairy folklore and mythology, with an ethnographic approach.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is one of the most in-depth and scholarly attempts to explain the phenomena of the Celtic belief in fairies. Based on Evans-Wentz' Oxford doctoral thesis, it includes an extensive survey of the literature from many different perspectives, including folk-lore, history, anthropology and psychology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe heart of the book is the ethnographic fieldwork conducted by Evans-Wentz, an invaluable snapshot of the fairy belief system taken just on the cusp of modernity. There are regional surveys of the fairy-faith in Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Brittany and the Isle of Man. Evan-Wentz later went on to become one of the leading authorities on Buddhism, and published many of the key documents of Tibetan Buddhism including the Tibetan Book of the Dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvans-Wentz examines each of the hypothetical explanations of the fairy phenomena. Among these are the theories that fairies were a reclusive race of dwarfs, that they are disembodied spirits, or that they are a figment of our imaginations. Evans-Wentz concludes that they may indeed be a manifestation of inhabitants of a higher reality that only some of us are able to view, let alone understand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe come away from this study with a multi-dimensional view of the fairies, who, much like the grey aliens of UFO belief, inhabit a narrative which seems too consistent to be the product of insanity, yet too bizarre for conventional explanation.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor additional information on publishing your books on iPhone and iPad please visit www.AppsPublisher.com","brand":"Apps Publisher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081508864240,"sku":"2940012482464","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012482464_p0.jpg?v=1763569274","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012482464","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}