{"product_id":"spirit-beings-in-european-folklore-4","title":"Spirit Beings in European Folklore 4","description":"\u003cp\u003eCompendium 4 of the Spirit Beings in European Folklore-series covers an area that starts with Wallonia and continues via France and the Pyrenees, through the Iberian Peninsula, to Italy and Greece. This results in a very diverse and colourful collection of spirit beings, due to the many included Basque nature-spirits or\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIreluak\u003c\/em\u003e, the Spanish\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDuendes\u003c\/em\u003e, the Celtic spirits of Brittany, the prankster Italian\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFolletti\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand the creatures from Greece. Some creatures from Breton folklore are particularly gruesome, such as the hollow-eyed\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnkou\u003c\/em\u003e, the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWerewolf\u003c\/em\u003e-like\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBugul-nôz\u003c\/em\u003e, or the ghostly and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWill-o’-the-wisp\u003c\/em\u003e-like\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eYan-gant-y-tan\u003c\/em\u003e, who roams the night roads with his five lit candles. Most Italian ghosts are less gloomy, while the Iberian Peninsula is home to everything ranging from the ‘Beauty’ to the ‘Beast’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCompendium 4 contains – amongst other things – many kinds of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003edwarf\u003c\/em\u003e-spirits or\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGoblins\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(\u003cem\u003eLutins, Nutons, Folletti, Farfadettes, Korrigans, Minairons\u003c\/em\u003e) various seductive and feminine spring creatures,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWild Man\u003c\/em\u003e-varieties (\u003cem\u003eBasajaunak, Jentilak\u003c\/em\u003e) and an extensive section on the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIncubus-Succubus\u003c\/em\u003e. It is fascinating to discover how many types of European spirit beings (from\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKobold\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto many female spring-spirits), described in the other Compendiums, can be traced back to creatures from Ancient Greece.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"VAMzzz Occult Bookstore Global","offers":[{"title":"ENG- English","offer_id":54595951395155,"sku":"9789492355584","price":25.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1092\/1302\/4595\/files\/058_spiritbeings4.jpg?v=1786804218","url":"https:\/\/global.vamzzz.com\/products\/spirit-beings-in-european-folklore-4","provider":"VAMzzz Global Occult Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}