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Creatures in the mist : little people, wild men and spirit beings around the world : a study in comparative mythology / Gary R. Varner.

by Varner, Gary R.

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New York : Algora Pub., c2007.

Mythology -- Comparative studies.

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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip077/2006102141.html

9780875865454 (trade paper) :

0875865453 (trade paper)

9780875865461 (hard cover) :

0875865461 (hard cover)

xii, 210 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Little people and giants, wild men, mermaids and other mythic creatures -- An overview of the "little people" in Native America -- Mermaids & water beings -- The forest folk -- Giants -- Comparative fairy mythology and folklore -- Fairies and giants: a world of reality or world of myth? -- Wild men -- Horned beings -- Spirits of the otherworld-ghosts an vampires! -- Werewolves-not just in Transylvania -- Harpies and other creatures of storms and wind -- Spirit beings of the animal & insect kind -- The snake the horned snake -- The turtle and the tortoise -- The toad and the frog -- The eagle and the raven -- The owl -- The dog -- The cat -- The bear -- The hare and the rabbit -- The bat -- The spider -- The bee -- Appendix A: The fairy -- Appendix B: The wild men.

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