The Fairy Mythology: Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various CountriesG. Bell, 1905 - 560 pages |
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... Woman and Sir Olof . The Young Swain and the Elves Svend Faelling and the Elle - Maid The Elle - Maids Maid Væ • The Elle - Maid near Ebeltoft Hans Puntleder DWARFS OR TROLLS Sir Thynne Proud Margaret . The Troll Wife The Altar - Cup in ...
... Woman and Sir Olof . The Young Swain and the Elves Svend Faelling and the Elle - Maid The Elle - Maids Maid Væ • The Elle - Maid near Ebeltoft Hans Puntleder DWARFS OR TROLLS Sir Thynne Proud Margaret . The Troll Wife The Altar - Cup in ...
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... woman skilled in magic ; and such , on examination , we shall find to have been all the Fées of the romances of chivalry and of the popular tales ; in effect , that fee is a participle , and the words dame or femme is to be understood ...
... woman skilled in magic ; and such , on examination , we shall find to have been all the Fées of the romances of chivalry and of the popular tales ; in effect , that fee is a participle , and the words dame or femme is to be understood ...
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... woman sought to console her , assuring her that " the dark night of absence would soon come to an end , and the bright dawn of interview gleam from the horizon of divine bounty . " One day when the Peri had bathed , and was dry- ing her ...
... woman sought to console her , assuring her that " the dark night of absence would soon come to an end , and the bright dawn of interview gleam from the horizon of divine bounty . " One day when the Peri had bathed , and was dry- ing her ...
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... woman to Venus , Diana , or the nymphs ; the Persians to a Peri : the ancient Scandinavians would say she was Frith sem Alfkone , " fair as an Alf - woman ; " and an Anglo - Saxon poet says of Judith that she was Elf - sheen , or fair ...
... woman to Venus , Diana , or the nymphs ; the Persians to a Peri : the ancient Scandinavians would say she was Frith sem Alfkone , " fair as an Alf - woman ; " and an Anglo - Saxon poet says of Judith that she was Elf - sheen , or fair ...
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... woman - kynd ; Therefore a Fay he her according hight , Of whom all Faryes spring , and fetch their lignage right . Of these a mighty people shortly grew , And puissant kings , which all the world warrayd , And to themselves all nations ...
... woman - kynd ; Therefore a Fay he her according hight , Of whom all Faryes spring , and fetch their lignage right . Of these a mighty people shortly grew , And puissant kings , which all the world warrayd , And to themselves all nations ...
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