Stonebunny Press A canadian bestiary, second edition: a collection of people, places and beasties from canadian folklore, cryptozoology, native religion, and mythology, paperback/todd h. c. fischer

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Description When it comes to folklore and mythology, what springs to mind are places like Greece, Romania, England and other European countries, with their stories and images of Gorgons and Cyclopes, Vampires, Dragons and Faeries.

But what about Canada? Canada has a deep and varied folkloric heritage based upon the legends, myths and stories of the numerous Native nations who lived in Canada first, that were built upon by each successive wave of immigrants from all over the world.

The French brought tales of flying canoes, the Devil, and little goblins who took horses out for joyrides; the Germans gave us conjure doctors; the Italians the weather controlling folletti; the Russians the household sprites called domivye.

For more than twenty years, amateur folklorist Todd H.

Fischer has researched hundreds of creatures, monsters, strange locales, heroes and spirits from all across Canada.

That research gave rise to the first edition of his Canadian Bestiary.

Now he returns with this revised and expanded second edition, featuring dozens of new entries, an introduction by Canada's Mr.

Mystery John Robert Colombo, indices and over fifty photographs and illustrations.

This comprehensive volume is a great springboard into the worlds of both folklore and cryptozoography and is a valuable addition to collections on either subject.

About the Author Todd H.

Fischer is a graduate of York University in Canada, with a double honours BA in English and Creative Writing, where he studied many different forms of literature and poetry.

He has had work appear in several publications around the world and has published almost two dozen books though his own publishing house (Stonebunny Press).

Fischer has had work recently appear in (or is slated to appear in) journals such as The Compleat Anachronist (a medievalist journal); magazines such as Scryptic Magazine, Helios Quarterly, Non Binary Review, and The Healing Muse; and anthologies such as Untimely Frost (Lycan Valley Press.