Angels, banshees, boggarts, brownies, centaurs, dryads, dwarves, elves, fairies, fauns, ghouls, gnomes, goblins, genies, imps, leprechauns, mermaids, naiads, nymphs, pixies, pucks, pygmies, salamanders, selkies, sirens, witches, will-o'-the-wisps...
Guiding readers throughout history, legend, Celtic, Greek and Roman, Germanic and Nordic mythology, and with modern references to literary and cinematic characters, Édouard Brasey has left no stone unturned in his quest for material on the marvellous and the mythological.
From the wealth of legends, literature and folklore available, he presents a history for each magical creature. Enthusiasts of fantasy, whether hooked by computer games, comic strips, literature or cinema, will find plenty to feed their passion.
In Volume I of The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, Brasey has gathered together the 'people of the light'. These are creatures who share our sun, but they're not always good. Along with the astonishingly beautiful Valkyries, home-loving brownies and kindly White Ladies you will find misshapen dwarves, fearsome goblins, bawdy imps and cruel mermaids.
Ravishingly illustrated, with hundreds of engravings, original illustrations and reproductions of artworks, this album reflects the extraordinary wealth of cultures that have contributed to our heritage of the imaginary world. This English-language edition of the People of the Light' is the first volume of The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, an, original French cult classic.