The “fae” thing seems to have been invented by twee American fantasy writers in the last generation. For fairies, try Duncan Williamson’s books for Scotland – he was a Traveller and collected them from oral tradition (he published a lot, and you can hear him reading them on the Kist o Riches/Tobar an Dualchais website of audio recordings).
For general mythology (not just fairies) try Westwood & Kingshill, *The Lore of Scotland*.
I have piles of books about this, it’s hard to know where to start.
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Faeries by Brian Froud and Alan Lee
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Here’s a few:
* Troublesome Things: A History of Fairies And Fairy Stories by Diane Purkiss
* Stations Of The Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain by Ronald Hutton
* The Fabled Coast: Legends & traditions from around the shores of Britain & Ireland by Sophia Kingshill
* Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain by Amy Jeffs
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The Fairies in Tradition and Literature by Katherine Briggs.
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The “fae” thing seems to have been invented by twee American fantasy writers in the last generation. For fairies, try Duncan Williamson’s books for Scotland – he was a Traveller and collected them from oral tradition (he published a lot, and you can hear him reading them on the Kist o Riches/Tobar an Dualchais website of audio recordings).
For general mythology (not just fairies) try Westwood & Kingshill, *The Lore of Scotland*.
I have piles of books about this, it’s hard to know where to start.
Faeries by Brian Froud and Alan Lee
Here’s a few:
* Troublesome Things: A History of Fairies And Fairy Stories by Diane Purkiss
* Stations Of The Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain by Ronald Hutton
* The Fabled Coast: Legends & traditions from around the shores of Britain & Ireland by Sophia Kingshill
* Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain by Amy Jeffs
The Fairies in Tradition and Literature by Katherine Briggs.