Prehistoric Europe, Elves, Fairies, Gnomes, Piskies, Dwarfs, Pygmies

Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall 1907 AD: Footprint of Vanished Races in Cornwall: Page 281, first paragraph: Aetas and Mamanouas, dwarf races of the Philippine islands, and Andaman Islands, who are known as the Mincopies. In Africa new dwarfs Krapf and Obangos were found by M. Du-Chailu. The 'Akkas' pygmies were discovered in the heart of Central Africa, by Sweinfurth, in 1879 A.D.

It is know an established consensus among many anthropologist, that a number of dwarf races formed the earliest human inhabitants of Central Africa. Mr. R. G. Haliburton has traced these pygmy races into Morocco and Spain.

Long ago, Jacob Grimm concluded from the traditions of Elves, Gnomes and Trolls, current in Germany, that dwarf races inhabited Central Europe in prehistoric times, and Prof. Nillson has come to the same conclusion concerning Scandinavia.

Page 280, first paragraph: "I believe that the first human beings to enter Cornwall in the Neolithic period belonged to a race of dwarfs or pygmies, and were veritable 'little people'.

Ancient classical authors mention pygmies living in remote part of Africa and Asia. These stories were for long thought to be childish inventions, but recent discoveries have proved that they were perfectly correct."

"When the Dutch occupied South Africa, they met with dwarf Bushmen, who are the smallest pygmies in the world."

Page 281, second paragraph: In England we have similar legends of Fairies, Goblins and 'Little People', which are now explained in the same way, by many of our leading anthropologist, like Prof. E. B. Tylor and Mr. David Mac Ritchie.

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 Page 282, first paragraph: David Mac Ritchie went on to state that "Picts Houses of Scotland, and fairy legends of the north, may be traced back to a race of prehistoric dwarfs."

The able Celtic scholar, Prof. Rhys, has set forth a view that "a dwarf race inhabited Britain previous to the Celtic invasion, and these views has generally being accepted among scholars."

Page 282, second paragraph: As for fairies, they are not the dethroned gods of heathen Celts, nor were they the spirits of unbaptised children, or of Druids who had rejected Christianity, but they were originally dwarfs and pygmies similar to piskies."

"They were actually killed in Wales." Page 282, second paragraph: "Cornwall, then, was in the early days of the Neolithic age, inhabited by a race of pygmies, like the Bushmen of South Africa, and whom for convenience, I shall call the Piskey-Dwarfs." Page 282, third paragraph: M. De Mortillet figured out their "diminutive half-an-inch arrow-heads," were found in France, Kitchen-midden, Hastings, England, and Rev. Reginald Gatty found large numbers of them in Yorkshire, England, including Germany and Poland.

Origin and Evolution of Primitive Man by Albert Churchwood 1912 A.D. Page 12: "But Gentlemen, it was in Africa that the little pygmy was first evolved, and from here these little men spread all over the world, North, East, South, West, until not only in Africa , but in Europe, Asia, North and South America and Oceania were populated by them."

Jomon Skull

  Page 13; "The Pygmy evolution is in the following order; Bushmen, Masaba Negro, Nilotic Negro, Masi, Mongoloids, and then the so called Aryanist." "Outside Africa they still exist in New Guinea, New Hebrides, the forest of Bolivia, the mountains in China, the Philippine islands, the Sakais, Malay Peninsula, and in Northern India." "They have been exterminated in Europe, North America, Japan, Australia and Tasmania."

The Archaeology and prehistoric annals os Scotland by Sir Daniel Wilson 1851 A.D. Page 477:
"Thus the Cruithne and Piccardach, or Northern and Southern Picts of Scotland, are frequently distinguished by Welsh chroniclers as the Gwyddyl duon and the Gwyddyl gwyn, or 'Black' and fair Gaels." "Perhaps the term Du-Caledones (Di-Caledones), by which the Romans distinguished the Northern from the Vecturiones or Southern Picts, is only a combination of the Celtic du or dubh, 'Black', with the generic name adopted by them."