Provides detailed descriptions of more than 60 magical creatures, including descriptions of their appearance, habitat, behaviours, and mythological references

"This book explores some of the more fearsome beasts that have been known to meddle in human affairs. The author reveals the secret lives of merfolk and meremaids, river sprites and kelpies, hags and banshees, as well as hobs, goblins, bogies, daemon dogs, and many more. These are the magical creatures that tend to terrify instead of help, and learning their ways may be just what readers need to survive an encounter with one of these other-world beasts"--