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'''''British Goblins: Welsh Folk-Lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions''''' is an 1880 nonfiction book on Welsh folklore and mythology by American journalist [[Wirt Sikes]].▼
|image = British_Goblins_Cover.jpg
|alt = The the title page of a book titled British Goblins
|publisher = {{unbulletedlist|[[Sampson Low]] (UK, 1880)|[[James R. Osgood]] (US, 1881)}}
|author = [[Wirt Sikes]]
|illustrator = [[T. H. Thomas]]
|pages = 412
|oclc = 4721171
|external_url = https://archive.org/details/britishgoblinswe00sikerich
|external_host = [[Internet Archive]]
}}
▲'''''British Goblins: Welsh Folk-Lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions''''' is an 1880
==Background and publication==
[[Wirt Sikes|William Wirt Sikes]] was an American journalist and author who served as the United States Consul in [[Cardiff]] from 1876 until his death in 1883. In his early career, Sikes wrote various short-stories and poems for American magazines and newspapers, some of which were compiled into the ''Book for the Winter-Evening Fireside'' in 1858. He published two novels in the late 1860s, partially drawn from his experiences as a reporter for the ''[[Chicago Evening Journal]]''.{{sfn|Coward|2013|pp=30–31}}
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===Sourcing===
[[File:Apparations of Spirits Cover 1813.jpg|thumb|''British Goblins'' borrows heavily from [[Edmund Jones (preacher)|Edmund Jones]]'s ''Apparitions of Spirits in the Principality of Wales''|upright=0.6]]
Sikes based ''British Goblins'' heavily on earlier collections of Welsh folklore. [[Edmund Jones (preacher)|Edmund Jones]]'s 1780 ''Apparitions of Spirits in the Principality of Wales'' was the most utilized source. Jones's writing is used throughout the book, and Sikes provides a brief biography of him; however, he notes that Jones's accounts differ markedly from other sources, and Sikes frequently makes footnotes and alterations to correct or reconcile Jones's accounts.{{sfn|Coward|2015|pp=189–190}} ''British Goblins'' also borrows from [[Peter Roberts (priest)|Peter Roberts]]'s 1815 ''Cambrian Popular Antiquities of Wales'', the 1831 ''Cambrian Superstitions'' by W. Howell, and Charles Redwood's 1839 ''The Vale Of Glamorgan''. Sikes also used medieval sources, such as the works of [[Gerald of Wales]] and [[Lady Charlotte Guest]]'s translation of the ''Mabinogion''.{{sfn|Coward|2013|pp=30–31}}
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[[Category:Books about Wales]]
[[Category:Books about folklore]]
[[Category:Books about fairies]]
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