Thomas Keightley

Thomas Keightley

Thomas Keightley (1789 - 1872) was a historian, educated at Trinity College, Dublin, who wrote works on mythology and folklore, and at the request of Dr Thomas Arnold of Rugby, a series of text-books on English, Greek, and other histories. His "History of Greece" was translated into modern Greek. Among his other books are "Fairy Mythology" (1850, 1870), "The World Guide to Gnomes, Fairies, Elves, and Other Little People",and "Mythology of Ancient Greece and Italy", and a work on "Popular Tales" and their transmission from one country to another.

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* [http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/tfm The Fairy Mythology by Thomas Keightley, 1870.] , available online by Sacred Texts.

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