A Treasury of Irish Myth, Legend and Folklore
10 best books like A Treasury of Irish Myth, Legend and Folklore (W.B. Yeats): Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales, Encyclopedia of Fairies: Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies, & Other Supernatural Creatures, Irish Myths and Legends, Favorite Folktales from Around the World, Irish Folk Tales, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth, Irish Folk and Fairy Tales Omnibus Edition, Meeting the Other Crowd, The World Guide to Gnomes, Fairies, Elves and Other Little People, Celtic Myths and Legends
| Author | Gordon Jarvie |
| ISBN | 0140622063 |
This tiny little thing of a book is adorable!
Firstly I adored the graphic representation of the Scottish accent - “aboot” (about), “leddy” (lady), “oot” (out), “ain” (one), “banes” (bones), and so many others -, I believe it added a feeling of hearing the story directly...
Encyclopedia of Fairies: Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies, & Other Supernatural Creatures
| Author | Katharine M. Briggs |
This is a wonderful book and if you have any use for a reference book on fairies, folklore etc. then again...wonderful. If you write (as a lot of us here do) this is a treasure trove of information. If I could I'd buy a copy.
Unfortunately it's out of print and the least expensive copy I've been able...
| Author | Lady Augusta Gregory |
| ISBN | 0762402814 |
I'll say this for this little morsel--it does make me want to track down the book from which it was clipped, Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Gregory.
In this incarnation, though, I see only a teasing appetizer. The four stories of the stalwart Fianna are presented with zero context, so it felt a little...
Yolen, Jane. Favorite Folktales from Around the World (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library) (1986).
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The Iroquois story of "The Flying Head" tells the folktale of a giant head with wings that came out of its cheeks and a mouth full of fangs. This giant head would fly at night looking...
Robust and funny, sorrowful and heroic, this collection of 125 lively tales tells the story of Ireland. Spanning the centuries from the first wars of the ancient Irish kings through the Celtic Renaissance of Yeats to our own time, they are set in cities, villages, fields and forestsfrom the wild Gaelic...
Giants, Monsters, and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth
| Author | Carol Rose |
| ISBN | 0393322114 |
We have always conjured up creatures never seen in nature, from flying horses and two-headed birds to fire-breathing dragons and enormous killer skunks, as well as fantastic distortions of our own image, from giants to nubile maidens. In these pages you will meet extraordinary beings from Hindu and...
| Author | Michael Scott |
| ISBN | 0751508861 |
This summer I picked up a book called, Irish Folk and Fairy Tales Omnibus by Michael Scott, from Dublin Ireland. This book compiled 17 Irish folk tales into one. It caught my attention because the first three stories are about the sorrows of Irish storytelling. It takes upon various tales and roles them...
| Author | Eddie Lenihan |
| ISBN | 0717136590 |
The Other Crowd', 'The Good People', 'The Wee Folk' and 'Them' are a few of the names given to the fairies by people in Ireland. Honoured for their gifts and feared for their wrath, the fairies remind us to respect both the world we live in and forces we cannot see.
In Meeting the Other Crowd, Eddie...
| Author | Thomas Keightley |
| ISBN | 0517263130 |
Finally finished it! Enjoyed it so much. A great collection of folklore from all over the world.
I will caution: not a book to read if you're looking for something light. I was sometimes frustrated by the lack of English in certain sections. Almost all of the Spain section I couldn't read because...
| Author | Peter Berresford Ellis |
| ISBN | 0786711078 |
This is an enchantingly told collection of the stirring sagas of gods and goddesses, fabulous beasts, strange creatures, and such heroes as Cuchulain, Fingal, and King Arthur from the ancient Celtic world. Included are popular myths and legends from all six Celtic cultures of Western Europe-Irish,...
| Author | Anne Ross |
| ISBN | 0897334353 |
Although some aspects of pre-Roman and pre-Christian beliefs remain shrouded in mystery, the author of this comprehensive, profusely illustrated volume contends that neither the Roman invasion of Britain nor the coming of Christianity eliminated pagan religious practice. Dr. Anne Ross writes...
| Author | Anonymous |
| ISBN | 0140443975 |
First written down in the eighth century AD, these early Irish stories depict a far older world - part myth, part legend and part history. Rich with magic and achingly beautiful, they speak of a land of heroic battles, intense love and warrior ideals, in which the otherworld is explored and men mingle...
| Author | Alwyn Rees |
| ISBN | 0500270392 |
In this widely acclaimed study, Alwyn and Brinley Rees reinterpret Celtic tradition in the light of advances made in the comparative study of religion, mythology and anthropology. Part One considers the distinguishing features of the various Cycle of tales and the personages who figure most prominently...
| Author | Caitlín Matthews |
| ISBN | 1852305606 |
The Celtic tradition is a source of inspiration to many seeking to discover their ancestral spiritual heritage. This superb sourcebook contains many new translations of seminal Celtic texts, including stories, poems, and prose pieces, some dating from as far back as the seventh century. Key ingredients...
| Author | James MacKillop |
| ISBN | 0192801201 |
This new work offers an exhaustive survey of one of the world's most fertile and exciting mythological traditions. It covers the persons, themes, concepts, places, and creatures of Celtic mythology, in all its ancient and modern traditions, in 4000 entries ranging from brief definitions to extended...
Whether you're interested in Irish legends or are familiar with them and want to read them over again, this book provides a decent handful of such tales. From the infamous stories of Cuchulainn and his short life, to the stories of Finn, and the tales that came before of the Tuatha De Danaan, the inhabitants...
| Author | Moyra Caldecott |
| ISBN | 0892813571 |
In Celtic myth, the mixture of wise spiritual teaching and dramatic imagery creates new, potent, and disturbing visions. This selection of eleven storiessome more than 3,000 years old focuses on the women of ancient British mythology, from the formidable women warriors who trained heros to fight...
| Author | Charles Squire |
| ISBN | 0517101572 |
This is one from my PC shelf; not one to read cover-to-cover, I refer back to this from time to time, and read it sporatically. Lots of interesting bits about the Celts..
2/15/08: I am currently in the midst of reading "The Mists of Avalon" (heehee), and so I am reading bits of this as a sort of "background";...
| Author | T.W. Rolleston |
| ISBN | 0486265072 |
This splendidly illustrated study by the distinguished Celticist T. W. Rolleston masterfully retells the great Celtic myths and illuminates the world that spawned them. Focusing principally on Irish myths, the book first takes up the history and religion of the Celts, the myths of the Irish invasion...
| Author | Frank Delaney |
| ISBN | 0806983515 |
Delaney's collection of Welsh and Irish legends is a pretty quick, easy read and a good intro into the colorful, bizarre world of Celtic legends. He provides some nice historical prefaces that never become too academic or pedantic, and in the longer stories- the Cattle Raid of Cooley and Tristan and...
