Beyond Faery: Exploring the World of Mermaids, Kelpies, Goblins & Other Faery Beasts
Beyond the faery realms, all sorts of magical creatures lurk. Beyond Faery explores the most fearsome beasts that have been known to meddle in human affairs. Renowned faery expert John T. Kruse reveals the secret lives of merfolk, meremaids, river sprites, kelpies, hags, banshees, and many more. These are not the fanciful faeries and kindly beings found in light entertainment. Instead, you will discover hobs, goblins, bogies, and daemon dogs—magical creatures that are more apt to terrify than to help. Beyond Faery shares the features, habits, and history of dozens of these otherworldly beasts, since learning their ways may be just what you need to survive an encounter of your own.
John T. Kruse (London, UK) has lectured on British fairy tradition at London’s metaphysical bookstore Treadwells and is the author of British Fairies (Green Magic Publications, 2017) and Faery (Llewellyn, 2020). He has also written for Magical Times and Witches & Pagans.
