Title: Magic and fearsome critters
Product review: I have owned a copy of this reference book for many years. Although somewhat dated, it remains solid scholarship. Recently, when my adolescent niece expressed an interest in myth and legend, I ordered a copy for her because I could not part with mine. This dictionary of myth and folklore reports things I never thought I would need to know, such as types of magic and sources of legends. Did you know that bibliomancy is the name of the practice of divining the future by flipping through a Bible or other sacred book and pointing to a passage? This dictionary includes an extensive range of entries, among them are: duck dance, dogheaded people, fearsome critters, eeny-meeny-miny-mo, Gog and Magog, incubus, happy hunting ground, lizard, midsummer men, mandrake, wampum, tongue twisters, soul cakes, and wanga. If you are curious, this dictionary is indispensible.
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