The first volume of French cult classic L'Encyclopédie du merveilleux translated into English. 'People of the Sun' are creatures who share our sun, but are not necessarily good. It covers: Amazons, Angels, Arragoussets, Banshees, Bergleutes, Boggarts, Brownies, Bugel-noz, Centaurs, Cluricaunes, Djinns, Doubles, Dryads, Duergars, Dwarves, Elves, Erdluitles, Fairies, Familiar genies, Fauns, Fir darrig, Germanic and Scandinavian gods, Ghouls, Gnomes, Goblins (earth & forest), Gremlins, Imps, Knockers, Kobolds, Korrigans, Laminaks, Leprechauns, Mari Morgan, Mermaids, Morgans and morganes, Naiads, Nibelung, Nisses, tomtes, Night waserwomen, Nixes and nixies, Nutons, Nymohs, Oceanids and nereids, Ondins and ondines, Pixes, Pucks, Pygmies, Red caps, Salamanders, Selkies, Servants, Sylphs and sylphides, Tritons, Water witches, White Ladies, Will-o'-the-wisps and Wivres. Detailed mythologies are accompanied by engravings, reproductions of artworks and original illustrations. Unfortunately, it looks like translation of the other volumes (Fantastic Beasts and People of the Shadow) has followed through. ( )