--- title: "1 Folk Lore Quotes By Lewis Spence" description: "1 Folk Lore quotes by Lewis Spence. Plus more from Lewis Spence and more Folk Lore sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a72/lewis-spence-26565_business_and-even-these-the-common-hill-fairy-the_2837244.jpg" --- > [“And even these ((the common hill fairy, the standard elf of folk-lore) are in danger of being banished into the limbo of forgetfulness by the quite artificial fairy of juvenile literary commerce, with gauzy wing and skirts reminiscent of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-spence/and-even-these-the-common-hill-fairy-the-standard-elf-of-folk-lore/) [Lewis Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-spence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a72/lewis-spence-26565_business_and-even-these-the-common-hill-fairy-the_2837244.jpg) ## More by Lewis Spence > [“If we turn now to such vestiges of cult as are associated otherwise than with time and season, we discover a definite recognition of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-spence/if-we-turn-now-to-such-vestiges-of-cult-as-are-associated-otherwise/) [Lewis Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-spence/) > [“As Mr. R. U. Sayee has well said: 'It should be clear a priori that fairy lore must have developed as a result of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-spence/as-mr-r-u-sayee-has-well-said-it-should-be-clear-a-priori-that-fairy/) [Lewis Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-spence/) > [“But I find it necessary to repeat in this particular place that the division into classes, which is so salient a part of modern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-spence/but-i-find-it-necessary-to-repeat-in-this-particular-place-that-the/) [Lewis Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-spence/) > [“But this is not to say that a highly specialized body of belief such as that associated with Faerie is not capable of subsidiary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-spence/but-this-is-not-to-say-that-a-highly-specialized-body-of-belief-such/) [Lewis Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-spence/) > [“As regards the prohibition on the utterance of the fairy name by mortals, either that of the species as a whole, or of individuals,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-spence/as-regards-the-prohibition-on-the-utterance-of-the-fairy-name-by/) [Lewis Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-spence/) > [“Here it is necessary briefly to consider the question of the cult of ancestors before venturing farther. The spirits of the departed are believed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-spence/here-it-is-necessary-briefly-to-consider-the-question-of-the-cult-of/) [Lewis Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-spence/) > [“At Bealltainn, or May Day, every effort was made to scare away the fairies, who were particularly dreaded at this season. In the West…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-spence/at-bealltainn-or-may-day-every-effort-was-made-to-scare-away-the/) [Lewis Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-spence/) > [“In my view the study of fairy origins assumes a greater degree of importance than popular opinion is wont to concede to it. Indeed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-spence/in-my-view-the-study-of-fairy-origins-assumes-a-greater-degree-of/) [Lewis Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-spence/) > [“It must be understood that in some cases the process by which a god or goddess degenerates into a fairy may occupy centuries, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-spence/it-must-be-understood-that-in-some-cases-the-process-by-which-a-god/) [Lewis Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-spence/) > [“All three of the English types I have mentioned can, I think, be accounted for as the results of the presence of different cultures,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-spence/all-three-of-the-english-types-i-have-mentioned-can-i-think-be/) [Lewis Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-spence/) > [“Robert Kirk believed the fairies to be the doubles or, as he called them, the 'co-walkers' of men, which accompanied them through life, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-spence/robert-kirk-believed-the-fairies-to-be-the-doubles-or-as-he-called/) [Lewis Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-spence/) > [“I should add, however, that, particularly on the occasion of Samhain, bonfires were lit with the express intention of scaring away the demonic forces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-spence/i-should-add-however-that-particularly-on-the-occasion-of-samhain/) [Lewis Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-spence/) > [“It must not be thought, however, that in pagan Ireland Fairyland was altogether conceived as a Hades or place of the dead. We have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-spence/it-must-not-be-thought-however-that-in-pagan-ireland-fairyland-was/) [Lewis Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-spence/) > [“To sum up: all nature-spirits are not the same as fairies; nor are all fairies nature-spirits. The same applies to the relationship of nature-spirits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-spence/to-sum-up-all-nature-spirits-are-not-the-same-as-fairies-nor-are-all/) [Lewis Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-spence/) > [“In all likelihood fairies of larger stature were ancient gods in a state of decay, while their diminutive congeners were the swarming spirits of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-spence/in-all-likelihood-fairies-of-larger-stature-were-ancient-gods-in-a/) [Lewis Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-spence/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/folk-lore/lewis-spence/#itemlist", "name": "1 Folk Lore Quotes By Lewis Spence", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“And even these ((the common hill fairy, the standard elf of folk-lore) are in danger of being banished into the limbo of forgetfulness by the quite artificial fairy of juvenile literary commerce, with gauzy wing and skirts reminiscent of the ballet. 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