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A review by poisonenvy
Faeries of the Celtic Lands by Nigel Suckling
informative
4.0
Nigel Suckling's book, Faeries of the Celtic Land, was a very informative read that seemed well researched (though this is one of my first forays into researching this topic myself so don't take my word for that), and was written in a way that was easy to follow and was quite enjoyable.
In terms of satisfying the reason I picked it up -- research into Celtic cryptids and monsters from Folklore --it was only so-so. Much of the book was focused on Faeries as in the Fae -- people who are much like humans, with courts and suchlike, just in other realms, and only chapter 8, "The Faerie Clans" went into some small amount of detail about creatures like Kelpies and Selkies. But going into that particular topic wasn't the goal of the book itself. The book itself wanted to speak of Celtic Folklore and Mythology, and it did an excellent job of that, keeping me reading even the sections that didn't touch on the topic of my own research.
Overall, I enjoyed this quite a lot.
In terms of satisfying the reason I picked it up -- research into Celtic cryptids and monsters from Folklore --it was only so-so. Much of the book was focused on Faeries as in the Fae -- people who are much like humans, with courts and suchlike, just in other realms, and only chapter 8, "The Faerie Clans" went into some small amount of detail about creatures like Kelpies and Selkies. But going into that particular topic wasn't the goal of the book itself. The book itself wanted to speak of Celtic Folklore and Mythology, and it did an excellent job of that, keeping me reading even the sections that didn't touch on the topic of my own research.
Overall, I enjoyed this quite a lot.