Good Faeries/Bad Faeries

by Brian Froud

Hardcover, 1998

Status

Available

Call number

GR549 .F78

Publication

Simon & Schuster (1998), Edition: First Edition, 192 pages

Description

An inverted volume in which good fairies such as the green man, the wood woman, and the pixies are described from front to back, and bad fairies such as gnomes, Black Annis, and Morgana le Fay are described from back to front.

User reviews

LibraryThing member LarissaBookGirl

Good faeries bring us inspiration, they are bright and beautiful and helpful by nature. They influence our lives in numerous positive ways bestowing gifts on those brave enough to believe. Seeing into our hearts, they are always there to protect and heal.

Bad faeries are bringers of misfortune, they

are dark and mysterious and mischievous by nature. They often bring bad luck into our lives, bestowing curses on those foolish enough to cross their paths. Preying on our vulnerabilities, they are to blame for sickness and madness.

Good Faeries/Bad Faeries all have more in common then you might believe. A pixie blessing may have unintended consequences and a bogle curse may bring unexpected gifts. A beautiful and insightful look into the light and dark side of these elusive and magical beings that are as complex and individual as you or I.

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LibraryThing member Ravenari

This book has wonderful illustrations, it can be at turns frightening, or whimsical, or silly, or profound, and is a great 'coffee table' book.

This book can also be used to help people contact faeran energy, if they are so inclined, but personally I have this book just for the art. I'm a great fan

of Froud, and think he depicts faeran in a way that no one else has really 'got' yet. :)

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LibraryThing member solstice

This is a very colorful and light-hearted depiction of faeries. Froud's illustrations are beautiful, with much sensitive detail.

LibraryThing member PacificBlue

A best seller, and you can tell why. Anyone into excellent fantasy art, plus just enough text to explain must add this one to the list.It's a good faery reference also, full of historical research into where some of faery knowledge and myths have come from. Beautiful book.

LibraryThing member Keijukainen

The book is very beautiful, and it's funny how you can start from which cover you want. Good faeries on the other side; bad faeries on other. This is the book that made me a faery-enthusiast. Brian Froud's art is very beautiful an original.

LibraryThing member fionajane1981

anything of brian or wendy frouds work is amazing and up lifting making you feel like a child again full of hope and happiness

LibraryThing member MrsLee

I enjoyed the illustrations in this book. Lush might be a word to describe them. I also enjoyed the references to faery lore from other places and times. I think others might enjoy the playfulness/seriousness of the text and descriptions of the faeries attributes, though I found them wearing. It's

possible that the fact that it all smacked so much of Animism, which I don't subscribe to in any form, was what tired me of it.

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