![]() ![]() Academicians as well as lovers of myths and legends will prize this authoritative but inexpensive edition. For many years, The Secret Commonwealth was hard to find-available, if at all, only in scholarly editions. Lang's introduction to Kirk's extraordinary blend of science, religion, and superstition is included in this edition. In 1893, the distinguished folklorist Andrew Lang re-edited the work. Left in manuscript form upon the author's death in 1692, this volume was first published in 1815 at the behest of Sir Walter Scott. Magic was a part of everyday life for Kirk and his fellow Highlanders, and this remarkable book offers rare glimpses into their enchanted realm. ![]() ![]() Fugacious, airy, and changeful, slung between two states of being, they reside in caverns and caves, keep their workshops buried deep below the marl where they forge their subtle weapons, hold their bountiful sabbaths at dusk. In the late seventeenth century, a Scottish minister went looking for supernatural creatures of "a middle nature betwixt man and angel." Robert Kirk roamed the Highlands, talking to his parishioners and other country folk about their encounters with fairies, wraiths, elves, doppelgangers, and other agents of the spirit world. In the late seventeenth century, a Scottish minister went looking for supernatural creatures of 'a middle nature betwixt man and angel.' Robert Kirk roamed the Highlands, talking to his parishioners and other country folk about their encounters with fairies, wraiths, elves, doppelgangers, and other agents of the spirit world. In many ways Kirk’s fairies are familiar creatures. "Kirk is a magnificent dish to set before any student of either folk-lore or folk-psychology."-Times Literary Supplement ![]()
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