| Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland Revised Edition Contributor(s): Curtin, Jeremiah (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486224309 ISBN-13: 9780486224305 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1975 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology - History | Europe - Ireland |
| Dewey: 398.209 |
| LCCN: 75313211 |
| Series: Celtic, Irish |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.37" W x 8.49" (0.61 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Ireland |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
