![]() ![]() Academicians as well as lovers of myths and legends will prize this authoritative but inexpensive edition. For many years, The Secret Commonwealth was hard to find-available, if at all, only in scholarly editions. Lang's introduction to Kirk's extraordinary blend of science, religion, and superstition is included in this edition. ![]() In 1893, the distinguished folklorist Andrew Lang re-edited the work. Kirk was an inquisitive 17th-century Scottish minister, who investigated and described accounts of beings 'of a middle nature' between humans and angels. Left in manuscript form upon the author's death in 1692, this volume was first published in 1815 at the behest of Sir Walter Scott. The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies, by Robert Kirk and Andrew Lang (London, 1893), in 166 bookmarked and searchable pdf pages. Magic was a part of everyday life for Kirk and his fellow Highlanders, and this remarkable book offers rare glimpses into their enchanted realm. Original Title ISBN '9781590171776' published on 'November 21st 2006' in Edition Language: 'English'. In the late seventeenth century, a Scottish minister went looking for supernatural creatures of "a middle nature betwixt man and angel." Robert Kirk roamed the Highlands, talking to his parishioners and other country folk about their encounters with fairies, wraiths, elves, doppelgangers, and other agents of the spirit world. Download Book 'The Secret Commonwealth: An Essay of the Nature and Actions of the Subterranean (and, for the Most Part) Invisible People, Heretofore Going under the Name of Elves, Fauns, and Fairies' by Author 'Robert Kirk' in PDF EPUB. "Kirk is a magnificent dish to set before any student of either folk-lore or folk-psychology."-Times Literary Supplement ![]()
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