ISBN:
9780856401909
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (293 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
398.209415
Keywords:
Mythology, Irish
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Electronic books
Abstract:
In this wonderful collection of stories by some of Ireland's finest writers, including Carleton, Yeats and Lady Wilde, a legion of fairy folk - leprechauns, giants, witches and mermaids - help, hinder, charm and terrify their mortal neighbours.
Abstract:
Intro -- Imprint Information -- About the Author -- Introduction -- PART ONE: THE SIDHE -- 'The Fairies' by William Allingham -- 'Jamie Freel and the Young Lady' by Letitia McClintock -- 'The Legend of Knockgrafton' by Thomas Crofton Croker -- 'Frank Martin and the Fairies' by William Carleton -- 'A Donegal Fairy' after Letitia McClintock -- 'The Hill-man and the House-wife' by Juliana Horatia Ewing -- 'The Fairies' Revenge' by Lady Wilde -- 'The Stolen Child' by W.B. Yeats -- 'Guleesh' after Douglas Hyde -- PART TWO: THE PHOUKA AND THE RED MAN -- 'The Phouka' by Lady Wilde -- 'The Red Man in Donegal' by Letitia McClintock -- 'Daniel O'Rourke' by Thomas Crofton Croker -- PART THREE: THE MERROW AND THE WATER SPIRITS -- 'The Lady of Gollerus' by Thomas Crofton Croker -- 'Eonín' by Mary Patton -- PART FOUR: THE LEPREHAUN -- 'The Leprehaun' by Lady Wilde -- 'The Field of Thistles' after Thomas Crofton Croker -- PART FIVE: WITCHES -- 'The Horned Women' by Lady Wilde -- 'Bewitched Butter' by Letitia McClintock -- PART SIX: GIANTS -- 'The Giant's Stairs' by Thomas Crofton Croker -- 'A Legend of Knockmany' by William Carleton -- PART SEVEN: TRADITIONAL STORIES AND CELTIC SAGA STORIES -- 'Country-under-wave' by Alice Furlong -- 'Edain the Queen' by Lady Wilde -- 'How Cuchulain Got His Name' by Eleanor Hull -- 'The Story of Deirdre' by Joseph Jacobs -- 'The Coming of Finn' by Standish O'Grady -- 'How Finn Found Bran' by Elizabeth Grierson -- 'How Finn Obtained the Tooth of Knowledge' by Elizabeth Grierson -- 'The Talking Head of Donn-bo' by Eleanor Hull -- 'Murtough and the Witch Woman' by Eleanor Hull -- 'Fair, Brown, and Trembling' by Jeremiah Curtin -- 'The Lazy Beauty and Her Aunts' by Patrick Kennedy -- 'King O'Toole and His Goose' by Joseph Jacobs (after Samuel Lover) -- 'The Story of the Little Bird' by Thomas Crofton Croker.
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