Irish Fairy Tales Illustrated

Author: James Stephens
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
Irish Fairy Tales is a retelling of ten Irish folktales by the Irish author James Stephens. The English illustrator Arthur Rackham provided interior artwork, including numerous black and white illustrations and sixteen color plates. The stories are set in a wooded, Medieval Ireland filled with larger-than-life hunters, warriors, kings, and fairies. Many stories concern the Fianna and their captain, Fionn mac Uail, from the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology.

Irish Fairy and Folk Tales

Author: William Butler Yeats
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Contes de fées
Languages : en
Pages : 400

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Tales from Old Ireland

Author:
Publisher: Barefoot Books
ISBN: 9781902283975
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 110

Book Description
And so it was that when he met Aoife, a stranger to those parts, he was struck by her beauty and blind to her evil.

Irish Fairy Tales and Legends

Author:
Publisher: Roberts Rinehart Publishers
ISBN: 9781570981777
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 102

Book Description
A varied collection of ten of the best-loved traditional Irish stories.

Irish Folk Tales

Author: Henry Glassie
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN: 0307828247
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369

Book Description
Here are 125 magnificent folktales collected from anthologies and journals published from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Beginning with tales of the ancient times and continuing through the arrival of the saints in Ireland in the fifth century, the periods of war and family, the Literary Revival championed by William Butler Yeats, and the contemporary era, these robust and funny, sorrowful and heroic stories of kings, ghosts, fairies, treasures, enchanted nature, and witchcraft are set in cities, villages, fields, and forests from the wild western coast to the modern streets of Dublin and Belfast. Edited by Henry Glassie With black-and-white illustrations throughout Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library

Treasury of Irish Fairy and Folk Tales

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781435161368
Category : Folk literature, Irish
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Enjoy more than 200 tales from the Emerald Isle, colourful stories of the fairy folk in all their guises, along with changelings, banshees, leprechauns, the headless dullahan, the merrow and the ever-mischievous pooka. In addition, this collection includes ghosts, witches and fairy doctors, priests and saints, encounters with the devil, titans of Ireland's historical past and popular treasure legends.

Celtic Tales

Author: Kate Forrester
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452152845
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description
It's an absorbing introduction to the lore of Albion, but readers will also enjoy teasing out similarities between these tales and more familiar ones." — Publishers Weekly Perilous quests, true love, and animals that talk: The traditional stories of Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and Wales transport us to the fantastical world of Celtic folklore. • This Celtic mythology book features 16 stores that were translated and transcribed by folklorists in the late 19th and 20th centuries that focus on themes such as Tricksters, The Sea, Quests, and Romance and mythological creatures. • These timeless tales brim with wit and magic, and each one is brought to life with elegant silhouette art in this special illustrated edition • Celtic Tales is an extraordinary collection that conjures forgotten realms and rare magical creatures in vivid prose Discover the impactful and stunning illustrations by Kate Forrester in this special edition that is sure to impress any true fan of cultural and mythological literature. Discover delightfully entertaining tales such as Master and Man, The Soul Cages, The Red-Etin, and The Witch of Lok Island. Celtic Tales makes an impressive gift for any fan of greek mythology, roman mythology, Chinese mythology, and folklore and cultural studies from around the globe.

The Irish Fairy Book

Author: Alfred Perceval Graves
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 330

Book Description

Scholastic Classics: Irish Fairy Tales, Myths and Legends

Author: Kieran Fanning
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780702300165
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
A complete collection of much loved Irish fairy tales, myths and legends, bound into a beautiful new edition. Enjoy the rich mythical history of Ireland from the arrival of the Tuatha De Danann on the island and their great battles with the Fomorians right up to the modern day fairytales of Irish storytelling. Including the Ulster Cycle, and the Fenian Cycle, the book features heroes such as Cuchulainn and Fionn Mac Cumhaill, and many traditional favourites such as The Children of Lir.

Irish Fairy Tales - Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

Author: James Stephens
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 147338544X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 315

Book Description
James Stephens’ collection of Irish Fairy Tales is presented in this beautiful volume alongside gorgeous illustrations by Arthur Rackham. James Stephens was an Irish novelist and poet, and his retellings of Irish myths and fairy tales combine humour and lyricism, making them light and fun reads. This edition of Irish Fairy Tales features a series of dazzling colour and black-and-white illustrations from the masterful Golden Age artist Arthur Rackham. Tales featured in this volume include: The Story of Tuan Mac Cairill The Boyhood of Fionn The Birth of Bran The Wooing of Becfola Oisin’s Mother The Little Brawl at Allen The Carl of the Drab Coat