Water Folk Tales

From the drowned kingdoms of Ys and Lyonesse to the phantom islands of the Atlantic, this book journeys through the stories born where land meets sea. We meet the Kappa water spirits and Mayazaki's inspirational Yakushima island, the Inuit of the Arctic islands and their tales of selkies and transformation, and trace Mami Wata – the black mermaid said to have accompanied slave ships the Outer Bank...