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Emma Cunis' book retelling ten well-known Dartmoor tales and exploring their real origins and inspirations, illustrated by her aunt Gina Hemery.
Henry Everett's 2025 anthology of more than 50 traditional tales of the Pixies, Piskeys, Knockers and Spriggans of Cornwall, Devon and Somerset.
Storyteller, poet and photographic artist based on Dartmoor, telling traditional tales of the land in the oral storytelling tradition; author of Pixie Folk Tales.
Lisa Schneidau's collection of traditional folk tales of oak, ash and thorn, wild ghosts and woodwoses, retold and related to the trees and forests of Britain and Ireland today.
Lisa Schneidau's collection of traditional folk tales from the wild rivers, lakes and streams of Britain and Ireland, following the flow from source to sea.
A children's book of Dartmoor and North Cornwall pixie legends, published by Bray in 1854, revisiting the folklore of her earlier letters to Southey.
Crossing's 1890 collection of local legends and eyewitness anecdotes about the pixies said to haunt Dartmoor's tors, lanes and longhouses.
A moorland spirit said to preside over Crockern Tor, summoned by tinners and cited in medieval law.
A ghostly coach drawn by headless horses, said to travel the road between Tavistock and Okehampton on winter nights.
