• Features 16 stores that were translated and transcribed by folklorists in the late 19th and 20th centuries that focus on themes such as Tricksters, The Sea, Quests, and Romance • These timeless tales brim with wit and magic, and each one is brought to life with elegant silhouette art in this special illustrated edition • Celtic Tales is an extraordinary collection that conjures forgotten realms and rare magical creatures in vivid prose Discover the ...
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This book contains 64 Irish folklore which presents the Irish life and culture from the nineteenth century. In this book, it has many stories of Celtic myth and legend and the Fairies: Ghosts, Witches, Druid spells, The Banshee, Saints, The Devil, Giants, Kings, Queens, Princesses, Earls, Robbers Read Online : This content is shown only to authorized members. It is hidden from everyone else. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry - W. B ...
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A sweeping history of Ireland's native gods, from Iron Age cult and medieval saga to the Celtic Revival and contemporary fiction Ireland’s Immortals tells the story of one of the world’s great mythologies. The first account of the gods of Irish myth to take in the whole sweep of Irish literature in both the nation’s languages, the book describes how Ireland’s pagan divinities were transformed into literary characters in the medieval Christian era―and how they ...
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Extraordinary tales that have been passed down from generation to generation, and are now published for the first time. Even today, ancient forces stride across the mythical Irish landscape . . . In Ireland, the supernatural is usually never far away. It lies sleeping beneath a seemingly peaceful and beautiful landscape, just beyond our vision but ready to emerge when we least expect it or when we inadvertently stir it to life. This book draws ...
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From the fourteenth into the eighteenth century, witchcraft was very real to many people of Ireland and throughout the Christian world. Sorcerers and demons lurked in dark places everywhere. Diligence was required of all true-believers. Evil spirits must be chased from those possessed of them. Those refusing to be dispossessed must be punished! One ordinarily associates the belief in and persecution of witches to Protestant areas of Christendom. St. John D. Seymour reminds us in ...
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