A review by peter_ewing
Witches, Werewolves, and Fairies: Shapeshifters and Astral Doubles in the Middle Ages by Claude Lecouteux

5.0

As usual, Lecouteux is revelatory, taking understandings from Old Norse sagas to give us a radically different and more profound understanding of some of the common themes of European folklore, in this case through the theme of the "Double". I found this highly convincing for the witch's flight and for werewolves but rather less so for fairies, where only a small part of the fairy mythology is considered. And aren't fairies the Celtic equivalent of Germanic elves?