Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland

by Jeremiah Curtin

Overview

Twenty folk tales representing hundreds of years of the collective Irish imagination transport readers to a world where everything is alive and anything can happen! Vivid descriptions of battles with giants, dead men who come back to life, humans imprisoned in animals' bodies, heroes with incredible strength, and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486224305
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	06/01/1975
Series:	Celtic, Irish
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

"THE SON OF THE KING OF ERIN, AND THE GIANT OF LOCH LÉIN"
THE THREE DAUGHTERS OF KING O'HARA
THE WEAVER'S SON AND THE GIANT OF THE WHITE HILL
"FAIR, BROWN, AND TREMBLING"
THE KING OF ERIN AND THE QUEEN OF THE LONESOME ISLAND
THE 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 TRICKS
THE THIRTEENTH SON OF THE KING OF ERIN
KIL ARTHUR
SHAKING-HEAD
BIRTH OF FIN MACCUMHAIL AND ORIGIN OF THE FENIANS OF ERIN
FIN MACCUMHAIL AND THE FENIANS OF ERIN IN THE CASTLE OF FEAR DUBH
FIN MACCUMHAIL AND THE KNIGHT OF THE FULL AXE
GILLA 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 ALBA
CUCÚLIN
OISIN IN TIR NA N-OG
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