I figured I would start a series of articles for you about one of my collections. In this post it, I was talking to my collection of books on fashion, stating that this was not the only one of my hobbies.
In the same vein, I have a somewhat More importantly, a field that I love from a child, the area's wonderful. Fairies, goblins, illustrations on the field of fantasy in general, the subject is vast and inexhaustible.
Starting today and for a few weeks, I will speak in detail of one of these books, which are mostly books "image", or encyclopedias.
start with my first shot at heart, a book that I borrowed at the library almost ten years ago, and I finally let me offer a few years ago.
Fairies are classified into several categories: "The ladies of naked time" where you can find in others, the Valkyries, Dame Holle, and Babushka, "Fairies and Fez from home" with Laumes the Wyvern , Melusine ... "The queen's golden middle world" whose Bansha, the spinners, the Washerwomen, the Apsaras, "The tale of the sea and fresh water," which include, the Sirens, the horse tales, the Groac'h ... "The ladies of the green kingdom" with Tree Fays, Dryads, and the other ladies Pillywiggins green. "The air of infinite dreams" with the Streghe, The Willies and dancers of mist ...
For each fairy, fay, fey or mentioned, there detailing their history, but also their size, appearance, clothing, food, habitat, habits and activities, all illustrated with charming drawings and quotations.
is the kind of book that can be opened out of time, and dreaming of a world in the colors of the rainbow, where imagination is king and where the horizon does no limits.
Some small drawings to make you want:
Morgan the Fairy, perhaps the most enigmatic and Dusky Arthurian tales, and of course, my favorite. A nymph, straight out of ancient Greece.
Berchta, from the north.
Melusine and, of course, the French, the heart broken, and the serpentine shape.
I hope I have given you want to immerse yourself in this charming book!
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