CHAPTER IX

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ELVES, FAIRIES, AND BROWNIES.

Chinese Ideas regarding Fairies—Fairy Haunts—Storm Fiends—Rip van Winkle Legends and Fairies—The Fairy Home—Brownies—The Shan-sao—Stealing the Fairy Dress—Fairy Flies and Bees—Chinese Kelpies—The Goddess of the Palace of the Moon—Fairy Tales—The word Shen and its meanings, pp. 97–102.

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