An exploration of the wild spirits that once roamed the lands and inhabited the waters and the pagan rites used to gain their good will - Explores medieval stories and folk traditions of brownies, fairies, giants, dragons, will-o'-the-wisps, and demons - Explains the specific rites performed to negotiate with the local spirits and ensure their permission before building on new land - Shows how these beliefs carried through to modern times, especially in architecture Our pagan .
Inner Traditions International Demons and spirits of the land: ancestral lore and practices, paperback/claude lecouteux
