Elves, Faeries, Spirit Work and European Animism Masterlist
I do not personally endorse all these sources, read skeptically and cross-reference at your discretion. These are, however, all sources I personally use, with varying levels of trust.
Elves in Anglo-Saxon England : Matters of Belief, Health, Gender and Identity - Hall
Glosses, Gaps and Gender: The Rise of Female Elves in Anglo-Saxon Culture - Hall
The Evidence for maran, the Anglo-Saxon "Nightmares" - Hall
Folk-healing, Fairies and Witchcraft: The Trial of Stein Maltman, Stirling 1628 - Hall
Getting Shot of Elves: Healing, Witchcraft and Fairies in the Scottish Witchcraft Trials - Hall
Myths and symbols in pagan Europe : early Scandinavian and Celtic religions - H.R. Ellis-Davidson
Swedish Legends and Folktales - Lindow
Trolls : an Unnatural History - Lindow
County Folk-lore - GB Folklore Society
Welsh Fairies - Mhara Starling
Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland - Campbell
Scottish Folk-lore and Folk Life - MacKenzie
Collected words of Eleanor Hull
The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies - Kirk
The Certainty of the World of Spirits, to which is added the Wonders of the Invisible World by Cotton Mather - Baxter
Gods and Fighting Men - Lady Gregory
Survivals in Beliefs among the Celts - Henderson
The Aryan Household, Its Structure and Its Development: An Introduction to Comparative Jurisprudence ; Chapter II: the house spirit - Hearn
An Encyclopaedia of Fairies - Briggs
Northern Mythology: comprising the principal popular traditions and superstitions of Scandinavia, North Germany, and The Netherlands - Thorpe | vol 2 | vol 3
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