People today think of fairies as little winged pixie girls, but this is not how those who saw them in history typically described them. The Reverend Robert Kirk wrote a treatise on the fairy people as they were known in the Scottish lowlands, and offers us a more evidence-based description of these elusive creatures.

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Think Anomalous is created by Jason Charbonneau.

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Main Sources:

Evans-Wentz, Walter. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries. Mineaola, NY: Dover, 2002.

Henderson, Lizanne and Edward J. Cowan. Scottish Fairy Belief: A History. Dundurn, 2001.

Kirk, Robert. The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies. London: David Nutt, 1893.

Kirk, Robert. The Secret Commonwealth & A Short Treatise of Charms and Spells. London: The Folklore Society, (1893) 1976.

Kirk, Robert. The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies. New York, NY: New York Review of Books, (1893) 2007. http://worldcat.org/oclc/1112655740.

Kirk, Robert. The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies: A Study in Folk-Lore & Psychical Research. Franklin Classics Trade Press, (1893) 2018.

Sanderson, Stewart. "A Prospect of Faeryland." Folklore 75, no. 1 (Spring 1964). 1-18. http://jstor.org/stable/1258872.

Scott, Walter. Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft. London: John Murray, 1830.

Spence, Lewis. British Fairy Origins: the Genesis and Development of Fairy Legends in British Tradition. Wellingborough: Aquarian Press, 1981.

Stott, Louis. “Robert Kirk.” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

Vallée, Jacques. Passport to Magonia: From Folklore to Flying Saucers. Brisbane, Australia: Daily Grail Publishing. (1969) 2014.

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