Boggarts, Trolls and Tylwyth Teg

Folk Tales of Hidden People and Lost Lands

Peter Stevenson

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The History Press Ltd
01 December 2021

The Grimms called them 'The Quiet Folk'; in Iceland they are 'The Hidden People' and in Wales 'Y Tylwyth Teg'. Almost every culture and country has stories of the little people who live unseen, high in the mountains, deep in ancient forests, or out to sea, shrouded from our eyes like the utopian world of Plant Rhys Ddwfn off the west Welsh coast.

They have their own morals and languages, they can seduce and enchant, they are mischief personified, yet they can show kindness when they want to. In Ireland they inhabit fairy forts, the Maori call them Patupaiarehe, in Cherokee they are yunwi tsundi, in Scotland they haunt the ballad of Tamlin, in Japan they are yosei. There are tenre are yumboes in Senegal, trolls in Scandinavia and elves in Germany, where one was named 'Rumpelstiltskin'. They are no flittery gossamer-winged sprites,;they move around like migrants, these glamorous illusionists of the Otherworld.

AUTHOR: Peter Stevenson is a professional storyteller and illustrator, and is the organiser of Aberystwyth Storytelling Festival. He performs widely at festivals and events and has curated many exhibitions based on the tales he tells. He has produced books internationally for publishers such as Ladybird and Hodder & Stoughton. This is his fourth book for The History Press. He lives in Ceredigion, Wales.

50 colour illustrations

By: Peter Stevenson
Imprint: The History Press Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
ISBN: 9780750995627
ISBN 10: 0750995629
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 01 December 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Peter Stevenson is a professional storyteller and illustrator, and is the organiser of Aberystwyth Storytelling Festival. He performs widely at festivals and events and has curated many exhibitions based on the tales he tells. He has produced books internationally for publishers such as Ladybird and Hodder & Stoughton.