Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland

Klappentext Taken down from Gaelic storytellers, the 20 tales included in this book are divided into two parts: 11 are miscellaneous stories offering Irish versions of the general European fairy tales, and 9 are stories from the Fenian cycle--tales of Fin MacCumhail and his warriors, the Fenians of Erin. Inhaltsverzeichnis "THE SON OF THE KING OF ERIN, AND THE GIANT OF LOCH LÉIN"THE THREE DAUGHTERS OF KING O'HARATHE WEAVER'S SON AND THE GIANT OF THE WHITE HILL"FAIR, BROWN, AND TREMBLING"THE KING OF ERIN AND THE QUEEN OF THE LONESOME ISLANDTHE SHEE AN GANNON AND THE GRUAGACH GAIRE"THE THREE DAUGHTERS OF THE KING OF THE EAST, AND THE SON OF A KING IN ERIN"THE FISHERMAN'S SON AND THE GRUAGACH OF TRICKSTHE THIRTEENTH SON OF THE KING OF ERINKIL ARTHURSHAKING-HEADBIRTH OF FIN MACCUMHAIL AND ORIGIN OF THE FENIANS OF ERINFIN MACCUMHAIL AND THE FENIANS OF ERIN IN THE CASTLE OF FEAR DUBHFIN MACCUMHAIL AND THE KNIGHT OF THE FULL AXEGILLA NA GRAKIN AND FIN MACCUMHAIL"FIN MACCUMHAIL, THE SEVEN BROTHERS, AND THE KING OF FRANCE""BLACK, BROWN, AND GRAY"FIN MACCUMHAIL AND THE SON OF THE KING OF ALBACUCÚLINOISIN IN TIR NA N-OGNOTES

Product details

• Authors: Jeremiah Curtin
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2000
• EAN: 9780486224305
• ISBN: 978-0-486-22430-5
• No. of pages: 245
• Series: Celtic, Irish; Celtic, Irish
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore