Gef!
- Book ID:
- 8288
- Title:
- Gef!
- Subtitle:
- The Strange Tale of an Extra-Special Talking Mongoose
- Author:
- 'Josiffe, Christopher'
- ISBN number:
- 9781907222481
- Publisher name:
- Strange Attractor Press
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition number:
- 1st
- Book type:
- Paperback
- First edition date:
- 2017
- Pages:
- 404
- Dewey decimal number:
- 398.369 JOS
- Dust jacket:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Photographs:
- Yes
- Illustrations:
- Yes
- Bibliography:
- Yes
- Height (cm):
- 21
- Width (cm):
- 15
- Notes:
Winner of the Folklore Society's Katharine Briggs Award for 2017.
This analysis of the strange case of a talking mongoose on the Isle of Man in the 1930s draws interesting comparisons with fairies and familiar spirits in the chapter Familiars, Fairies and Folklore. It also includes references to the belief in the Evil Eye and Spiritualism.