![]() Kirk classifies and describes the subterraneans, what they do, and what their tactics are. Kirk’s clergyman eyes allowed him to see the Celtic beliefs as an academic and write down what he was told by his informers his unique position as a seventh son allowed him a closer access to these beliefs. Subterraneans are “those people that lives in the cavities of the earth” and Superterraneans “are we that live on the surface of the earth” (80). Kirk defines subterraneans and superterraneans. This book is an origin text for supernatural beings or what Kirk refers to as “subterranean people”. ![]() As a seventh son, Kirk was able to explore the superstitions of Celtic lore. Marina Warner writes in the introduction: “Kirk never alludes to his own status as a seventh son or to any healing he might have performed, but the accident of his birth must have directed the drifts of his interests” (xiv). ![]() ![]() Robert Kirk’s The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns, and Fairies is an exploration in ancient Celtic beliefs. ![]()
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