Fairies and Witches at the Boundary of South-Eastern and Central Europe

By Steven Swann Jones. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [130]-134). CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 7 FAIRIES 12 Nature spirits and nymphs 14 The storm demons, the "unbaptized" and the dead 16 "Winter demoms" 22 Harmful fairies and bewitching 27 Good fairies, goddesses and guardian spirits 29 Beautiful fairies - beautiful witches 34 CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE TWO WORLDS: THE INITIATED AND THE MEDIATORS 39 The "taken-away", the "light-shadowed ones" and the fairy heaven 39 Witch feasts in the fairy heaven 44 Fairy magicians and healers 47 Fertility magicians 53 Societies of witches and initiation 61 NOTES 67 BIBLIOGRAPHY 88