Quotes by : Lewis Spence

Here it is necessary briefly to consider the question of the cult of ancestors before venturing farther.....

It must not be thought, however, that in pagan Ireland Fairyland was altogether conceived as a Hades....

On the conversion of the European tribes to Christianity the ancient pagan worship was by no means incontinently....

It must be understood that in some cases the process by which a god or goddess degenerates into a fairy....

At Bealltainn, or May Day, every effort was made to scare away the fairies, who were particularly dreaded....

But I find it necessary to repeat in this particular place that the division into classes, which is so....

As Mr. R. U. Sayee has well said: 'It should be clear a priori that fairy lore must have developed as....