{"id":12809,"date":"2017-07-24T15:37:53","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T20:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=12809"},"modified":"2017-07-24T15:37:53","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T20:37:53","slug":"fairies-pookas-and-changelings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=12809","title":{"rendered":"Fairies, Pookas, and Changelings"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m just going to say it, I love Varla Ventura. At this point I\u2019m pretty much down for whatever she\u2019s got going on. You may remember that I loved her previous books \u201cAmong the Mermaids: Facts, Myths, and Enchantments from the Sirens of the Sea\u201d and \u201cBanshees, Werewolves, Vampires and Other Creatures of the Night: Facts, Fictions, and First-Hand Accounts\u201d<\/a>, and I\u2019m happy to say she has added another one to her series of creature collections.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ \u201cFairies, Pookas, and Changelings: A Complete Guide to the Wild and Wicked Enchanted Realm\u201d is Ventura\u2019s latest. This book is fantastic. The author\u2019s enthusiasm for the subject matter is obvious as she relates assorted tales from folklore. I always love how she unearths the more obscure creatures for these books. In this one you\u2019ll find fairies, pookas, and changelings (of course). You\u2019ll also read about bonga, trolls, coblyns, brownies, and even Rumpelstiltskin! There\u2019s even a section on methods for entering the fairy realm, an action the author does not advice taking lightly.<\/p>\n

As always Ventura pulls no punches, letting the darkness around the edges of the fay be on full display. There will be no Disney fairies found in this book. However if you\u2019re looking for an interesting guide to all the creatures the Wild has to offer, \u201cFairies, Pookas, and Changelings\u201d is the book for you.<\/p>\n

You can learn more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"