There are many doors and pathways to Faerie, even a window will do if you can open it wide enough to fit through. However this guide takes you by the hand and leads you willingly to a place where faeries exist, a place where they play, dance and dream. Anywhere you find nature, the wind, the sky, a puddle of water, you will find a story and a gateway into Faerie.

The Runes Of Elfland are a set of twenty-four runes known collectively as the Elder Futhark. Each individual rune represents more then just its sound or letter, there is a meaning behind each symbol and a story behind each meaning. Between the pages of this book are charms, stories, gifts and symbols that will amuse, delight and enlighten all those who venture along pathways and through doors opened within these pages. A beautiful book for lovers of faeries, art, fairytales and magic. ( )

This is a lavishly illustrated book about the meanings of runes. (As in Norse runes). This considers the runes individually, it does not include layouts as for fortune telling. There is also a layout of the entire alphabet with the latin equivalents.

The book begins with several essays about runes, and then devotes four pages to each of the twenty-four runes. They are named by their meaning, not the rune names. Each includes a charm, stories relating to the rune, and then a section on "The Gift". Froud scatters the pages with pictures of elves/goblins. Each rune also has a full page, full color drawing relating to rune's meaning. ( )

Brian Froud's books - well, I buy them for the art ( )

This isn't Froud's best book, which is a shame, as I am a great fan of runes in general. I felt that the artwork wasn't up to par in a lot of the illustrations, and that there is something detached and overly wordy about the actual book itself.

I would only recommend it for hardcore Froud fans. ( )