Resources
Thought I actually get all this off the top of my head (aka Wikipedia), eh? Guess again. Lately I do a lot of reading (no surprise there), and every so often I pick up stories/histories of fairy folklore. So here's just a bunch of stuff I used for the lessons.
Briggs, Katharine. The Encyclopedia of Fairies. New York: Pantheon Books, 1976.
Dubois, Pierre. The Great Encyclopedia of Faeries. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000.
Evans-Wentz, W.Y. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries. Sacred-Texts.com. Web site: http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/ffcc/ffcc260.htm/.
Klein, Kenny. Through the Faerie Glass: a Look at the Realm of Unseen and Enchanted Beings. Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 2010.
McCoy, Edain. A Witch's Guide to Faery Folk. St. Paul, Minnesota: Llewellyn Publications, 1998.
Phoenix, Liza. The Phoenixian Book of Creatures. Web site: http://www.lizaphoenix.com/encyclopedia/.
"Seelie and Unseelie Court." Welcome to Fairyland, the World of Faeries. Web
Web site: http://faerie.monstrous.com/seelie_and_unseelie_court.htm.
Silver, Carole G., Jane Garry, and Hasan El-Shamy. "Fairies and Elves, Motifs F200-F399." Archetypes & Motifs in Folklore & Literature: A Handbook (2005): 203-209. Literary Reference Center. EBSCO.
Windling, Terri. "Fairies in Legend, Lore, and Literature." Endicott Studio of Mythic Arts and Journal of Mythic Arts. 2006.
Web site: http://www.endicott-studio.com/rdrm/rrfairies.html.
Briggs, Katharine. The Encyclopedia of Fairies. New York: Pantheon Books, 1976.
Dubois, Pierre. The Great Encyclopedia of Faeries. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000.
Evans-Wentz, W.Y. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries. Sacred-Texts.com. Web site: http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/ffcc/ffcc260.htm/.
Klein, Kenny. Through the Faerie Glass: a Look at the Realm of Unseen and Enchanted Beings. Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 2010.
McCoy, Edain. A Witch's Guide to Faery Folk. St. Paul, Minnesota: Llewellyn Publications, 1998.
Phoenix, Liza. The Phoenixian Book of Creatures. Web site: http://www.lizaphoenix.com/encyclopedia/.
"Seelie and Unseelie Court." Welcome to Fairyland, the World of Faeries. Web
Web site: http://faerie.monstrous.com/seelie_and_unseelie_court.htm.
Silver, Carole G., Jane Garry, and Hasan El-Shamy. "Fairies and Elves, Motifs F200-F399." Archetypes & Motifs in Folklore & Literature: A Handbook (2005): 203-209. Literary Reference Center. EBSCO.
Windling, Terri. "Fairies in Legend, Lore, and Literature." Endicott Studio of Mythic Arts and Journal of Mythic Arts. 2006.
Web site: http://www.endicott-studio.com/rdrm/rrfairies.html.