Editors: Terri Windling
and Midori Snyder
Book Reviewers: Helen Pilinovsky
and Elizabeth Genco
Copy editing: Jamie Bluth
Fairy Barque by John Anster Fitzgerald
Fairy by Iain McCaig
Fairy Study by Ernie Sandidge
Ear Poker by Brian Froud
Bother the Gnat by Duncan Carse
Trolls by John Bauer
Grass Spirit by Oliver Hunter
Letter from the Editor's Desk
“Welcome to our special Double Issue devoted to fairies and other native spirits around the world . . .”
Fairies in Legend, Lore, and Literature
“Where do fairies come from? Folklorists, philosophers, and mystics have debated this question for centuries . . .”
Italian Fairies
“Italian folklore abounds in both fairies and other spirits, known by a multitude of local names . . .”
Hungarian Fairies
“Although Transylvania is associated with vampires, in Hungarian folk belief it was inhabited by fairies . . .”
Tale of the Fox's Den
“The Korean kumiho is most often used as a cautionary symbol for the danger of female sexuality . . .”
When My Hair Was Woven With Duendes
“My secret motivation was to persuade her to tell me about the duendes, the faeries . . .”
Little People of the Southeast
“One group of spirits live among the rocks and hillside caves of northern Georgia and the Carolinas . . .”
The Green Children
“When the reapers found the children in the wolf–pits. . .they shuddered and would not lay hands on them . . .”
Midwife to the Fairies
“And who should it be but the people of the hill, the wee folk . . .”
Daughter of the Sun
“And then there they are, swirling upon smoke and ash. Yunwitsansdi . . .”
Madness, Shapechanging, and Art in The Wood Wife
“A number of painters of fairies were, or were thought to be insane . . .”
Playing Fairy: Puck and Pan Onstage
“Shakespeare connected his dramatic worlds to everyday spiritual life through references to folk belief . . .”
Baba Yaga in Russian Film
“Baba Yaga’s startling image left a powerful mark on me as a child . . .”
The Girl Who Married A Reindeer
The Child Bride of the Lost City . . .
Wondering What They Are Up To . . .