The Sorcerer's Companion: A Guide to the Magical World of Harry Potter (87 page)

24.2
Frances Griffiths with fairies, photographed by Elsie Wright at Cottingley Glen, West Yorkshire, 1917. Fortean Picture Library.

24.3
Drawing by T. H. Thomas in Wirt Sikes,
British Goblins: Welsh Folklore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions
, 1880. Fortean Picture Library.

25.1
Illustration by Allison Smith, Amosink Illustration & Design,
www.amosink.com

26.1
Painting by Viktor Vasnetsov, 1880.

28.1
Nineteenth-century engraving.

30.1
Illustration by John D. Batton, from Joseph Jacobs,
English Fairy Tales
. New York: Dover, 1967.

30.2
Photo by Adrienne Mayor.

33.1
Griffin. Detail of an engraving by Albrecht Dürer, “Triumphal Arch of Maximilian I,” 1515. New York Public Library Picture Collection.

34.1
Original illustration by Ruby Jackson.

35.1
Original illustration by Ruby Jackson.

36.1
Original illustration by Ruby Jackson.

37.1
Illustration by Yvonne Gilbert, from Katharine Briggs,
Abbey Lubbers, Banshees & Boggarts: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Fairies
. New York: Pantheon, 1979. Reproduced by permission of Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, Inc.

38.1
From Giambattista della Porta,
Phytognomonica
, 1588.

39.1
From
Legendary Hex Signs
. Used with permission of Jacob Zook(tm) Hex Signs, P.O. Box 176, Paradise, PA 17562.
www.hexsigns.com
. All rights reserved.

40.1
Illustration by T. H. Thomas in Wirt Sikes.
British Goblins: Welsh Folklore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions
, 1880.

41.1
From a seventeenth-century Italian signet. Reproduced in Ernst and Johanna Lehner,
A Fantastic Bestiary
. New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1969.

43.1
Seventeenth-century English cartoon.

44.1
Illustration by John D. Batton, from Joseph Jacobs,
English Fairy Tales
. New York: Dover, 1967.

45.1
Iynx Wheel. Original illustration by Ruby Jackson.

46.1
From Ernst and Johanna Lehner,
A Fantastic Bestiary
. New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1969.

47.1
From the collection of Peter Lane.

48.1
Illustration by Bill Terry for
Other Worlds
, 1950. From Peter Haining,
The Leprechaun’s Kingdom
. New York: Harmony Books, 1979.

49.1
From Giambattista della Porta,
Physiognomonica
, 1588.

49.2
Frontispiece of a seventeenth-century edition of
The Key of Solomon
.

49.3
Title page of Christopher Marlowe’s
The Tragicall Historie of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus
. London, 1631.

50.1
Eighteenth-century engraving of a Tungus shaman.

50.2
Cunning man. From Larry Evans,
Illustrators’ Resource File
. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1984.

50.4
1404 drawing by Joseph of Ulm. Original manuscript preserved in Tübingen University Library, Germany. Reproduced in Milbourne Christopher,
Magic: A Picture History
. New York: Dover, 1991.

50.5
L’Escamoteur
, by Hieronymus Bosch, 1480. Reproduced in Milbourne Christopher,
Magic: A Picture History
. New York: Dover, 1991.

50.6
Engraving from H. Decremps’s
La Magie Blanche Dévoilée
, 1784. Reproduced in Milbourne Christopher,
Magic: A Picture History
. New York: Dover, 1991.

52.1
The Magician card from the Rider-Waite Tarot Deck(r). Copyright © 1971. Reproduced by permission of U.S. Games Systems, Inc. Stamford, CT 06902.

52.2
The Magician card from the Tarot of Marseilles, © 1996, reproduced by permission of U.S. Games Systems, Inc. Stamford, CT 06902/Carta Mundi, Turnhout, Belgium.

52.3
Mercury with his caduceus, from title page of
The Merchant’s Avizo
. London, 1616.

52.4
King with scepter, from Jacobus De Teramo,
Das Buch Belial
, 1473.

54.1
From Johannes de Cuba,
Hortus Sanitatis
, 1485.

54.2
Mandrake, from a twelfth-century manuscript ascribed to Dioscorides.

55.1
Manticore, from Edward Topsell,
A History of Four-Footed Beasts
. London, 1658. Reproduced in Ernst and Johanna Lehner,
A Fantastic Bestiary
. New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1969.

56.1
Engraving by W. Ridgway after Gustave Doré.

57.1
Mermaid, from Richard Huber,
Treasury of Fantastic and Mythological Creatures
. New York: Dover, 1981.

57.2
Merman, from Ernst and Johanna Lehner,
A Fantastic Bestiary
. New York: Tudor Publishing, 1969.

58.1
Painting of Morgan le Fay by Frederick Sandys, 1862–63. Fortean Picture Library.

59.1
Original illustration by Ruby Jackson.

60.1
Nineteenth-century drawing by Albert Poisson.

60.2
From J. J. Manget,
Bibliotheca Chemica Curiosa
, 1702.

61.1
From a sixteenth-century woodcut by Albrecht Dürer.

62.1
Diagram of left hand, after Jean-Baptiste Belot, 1640.

62.2
Original illustration by Ruby Jackson.

63.1
From Paracelsus,
Etliche Tractaten, zum ander Mal in Truck ausgangen. Vom Podagra und seinem Speciebus
. Cologne, 1567.

65.1
From Ernst Lehner,
Symbols, Signs and Signets
. New York: Dover, 1950.

67.1
Poltergeist. The New York Public Library Picture Collection.

68.1
From Carol Belanger Grafton.
Medieval Life Illustrations
. New York: Dover, 1996.

69.1
The prophet Zechariah. New York Public Library Picture Collection.

69.2
Sibyl. New York Public Library Picture Collection.

69.3
Pythia. New York Public Library Picture Collection.

69.4
Nostradamus,
Prophecies
, Frontispiece from a 1672 edition.

70.1
Original illustration by Ruby Jackson.

71.1
Original illustration by Ruby Jackson.

72.1
From Michael Majer,
Scrutinium Chymicum
, 1687.

73.1
Undated engraving, reproduced in
Animals: 1,419 Copyright-Free Illustrations of Mammals, Birds, Fish, Insects, etc
. New York: Dover, 1983.

75.1
An Alchemist at Work
, by H. Weiditz, c. 1520.

75.2
From Philippus Ulstadius,
Coelum Philosophorum
. Paris, 1544.

77.1
Babylonian sphinx, based on an antique stone carving at the Nimrud Palace, Nineveh. From Ernst and Johanna Lehner,
A Fantastic Bestiary
. New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1969.

78.1
Undated engraving, reproduced in
Animals: 1,419 Copyright-Free Illustrations of Mammals, Birds, Fish, Insects, etc
. New York: Dover, 1983.

79.1
Stag. From the Gundestrup Cauldron, National Museum of Denmark.

80.1
Jupiter talisman. Original illustration by Ruby Jackson.

81.1
Nineteenth-century engraving of a gypsy fortuneteller. Mary Evans Picture Library.

82.1
From Collin De Plancy,
Dictionnaire Infernal
, 1863.

83.1
Daphne and Apollo
, drawing by Erhard Schön. The New York Public Library Picture Collection.

84.1
Troll, from
Norwegian Folktales
by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. Copyright © 1982. Illustrated by Erik Werenskiold and Theodor Kittelsen. Reproduced by permission of Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, Inc.

85.1
Illustration by Erhard Renwick from
Perigrinationes ad Terram Sanctum
, 1486.

85.2
From Peter Pomet,
Histoire des Drogues
, 1694.

86.1
Original illustration by Ruby Jackson.

87.1
Illustration by Ruby Jackson, after Ivan Bilibine.

88.1
Séance. New York Public Library Picture Collection.

89.1
Werewolf. Detail of woodcut from Geiler von Kayersberg,
Die Emeis
, 1517.

90.1
Woodcut from Ulrich Molitor,
De Lamiis et Phitonicis
, 1489.

90.2
Witch from Carol Belanger Grafton.
Medieval Life Illustrations
. New York: Dover, 1996.

91.1
Title page from a seventeenth-century edition of the
Malleus Maleficarum
.

91.2
From the title page of
Witches Apprehended, Examined and Executed for Notable Villainies Committed by Them Both by Land and Water
. London, 1613.

92.1
From Milbourne Christopher,
Magic: A Picture History
. New York: Dover, 1962.

92.2
Wizard Hat. Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz/Art Resource, New York.

93.1
Illustration by Harry Trumbore, from Loren Coleman and Patrick Huyghe,
The Field Guide to Bigfoot, Yeti, and Other Mystery Primates Worldwide
. New York: Avon Books, 1999. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.