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Matthias Egeler, "Elves and Fairies: A Short History of the Otherworld" (Yale UP, 2025)

New Books in History

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Origins and timing of the fairy queen motif

Miranda asks when the fairy queen appears; Matthias explains it emerges prominently in late medieval/early modern Scottish material, not earlier.

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