More Celtic Fairy Tales

More Celtic Fairy Tales PDF Author: Joseph Jacobs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276

Get Book Here

Book Description

More Celtic Fairy Tales

More Celtic Fairy Tales PDF Author: Joseph Jacobs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276

Get Book Here

Book Description


Classic Celtic Fairy Tales

Classic Celtic Fairy Tales PDF Author: John Matthews
Publisher: Cassell Illustrated
ISBN: 9780713727838
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Get Book Here

Book Description
“[A] well-researched, rather scholarly book...fanciful illustrations, in both black-and-white and color.”—Publishers Weekly. “Matthews...offers a very attractively presented collection...Not since Jeremiah Curtin, W.B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, and others at the turn of the century has such a collection been assembled... Each story is followed by a short yet informative note on the tale and its sources, and there is a good bibliography and index. This book would be attractive to younger readers as well as adults and is recommended for most public and academic libraries.”—Library Journal. “[The] collection is varied and brilliant... beautiful illustrations.”—KLIATT.

Favorite Celtic Fairy Tales

Favorite Celtic Fairy Tales PDF Author: Joseph Jacobs
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 048611130X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Get Book Here

Book Description
Eight tales: "The Fate of the Children of Lir," "The Shepherd of Middvai," "Beth Gellert," "The Tale of Ivan," "Morraha," "The Story of Deirdre," "The Llanfabon Changeling," and "The Sea-Maiden."

Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales (Classic Reprint)

Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales (Classic Reprint) PDF Author: Joseph Jacobs
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781528069625
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 306

Get Book Here

Book Description
Excerpt from Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales In making my selection I have chiefly tried to make the stories characteristic. It would have been easy, especially from Kennedy, to have made up a volume entirely filled with Grimm's Goblins a la Celtique. But one can have too much even of that very good thing, and I have therefore avoided as far as possible the more familiar formula of folk-tale literature. To do this I had to withdraw from the English-speaking Pale both in Scotland and Ireland, and I laid down the rule to include only tales that have been taken down from Celtic peasants ignorant of English. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Celtic Fairy Tales

Celtic Fairy Tales PDF Author: Joseph Jacobs
Publisher: Double 9 Books
ISBN: 9789360461249
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Get Book Here

Book Description
Joseph Jacobs' "Celtic Fairy Tales" is a compilation of beautiful folktales compiled and recounted. The book contains an enthralling collection of classic stories from the Celtic countries of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man. Jacobs, a well-known folklorist, demonstrates his expertise in curating and renewing these stories, keeping their core while making them more accessible to a wider audience. The collection's stories are full with mythical creatures, heroic acts, and moral teachings. They transport readers to a magical world inhabited by fairies, giants, witches, and daring adventures. Jacobs depicts the Celtic peoples' cultural history and imagination via rich storytelling, providing insight into their values, concerns, and hopes. Jacobs, as a skilled storyteller, not only provides the wonderful tales of the Celtic culture, but also adds his own distinctive touch to create a delightful reading experience.

Celtic Fairy Tales

Celtic Fairy Tales PDF Author:
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 188

Get Book Here

Book Description
An illustrated collection of twenty stories from many Celtic regions. Stories originated in Ireland, Scotland, Britanny, Wales, Cornwall, and The Isle of Man.

Irish Fairy Tales (Classic Reprint)

Irish Fairy Tales (Classic Reprint) PDF Author: James Stephens
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780483861411
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392

Get Book Here

Book Description
Excerpt from Irish Fairy Tales He might think, as he stared on a staring horse, a boy cannot wag his tail to keep the flies off. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Celtic Fairy Tales

Celtic Fairy Tales PDF Author: Jacobs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 270

Get Book Here

Book Description


More Celtic Fairy Tales

More Celtic Fairy Tales PDF Author: Joseph Jacobs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 302

Get Book Here

Book Description
And after this there came to them twins, a son and a daughter, and they gave them for names Fingula and Aod. And two more sons came to them, Fiachra and Conn. When they came Ove died, and Lir mourned bitterly for her, and but for his great love for his children he would have died of his grief. And Dearg the king grieved for Lir and sent to him and said: "We grieve for Ove for thy sake; but, that our friendship may not be rent asunder, I will give unto thee her sister, Oifa, for a wife." So Lir agreed, and they were united, and he took her with him to his own house. And at first Oifa felt affection and honour for the children of Lir and her sister, and indeed every one who saw the four children could not help giving them the love of his soul. Lir doted upon the children, and they always slept in beds in front of their father, who used to rise at early dawn every morning and lie down among his children. But thereupon the dart of jealousy passed into Oifa on account of this and she came to regard the children with hatred and enmity. One day her chariot was yoked for her and she took with her the four children of Lir in it. Fingula was not willing to go with her on the journey, for she had dreamed a dream in the night warning her against Oifa: but she was not to avoid her fate. And when the chariot came to the Lake of the Oaks, Oifa said to the people: "Kill the four children of Lir and I will give you your own reward of every kind in the world." But they refused and told her it was an evil thought she had. Then she would have raised a sword herself to kill and destroy the children, but her own womanhood and her weakness prevented her; so she drove the children of Lir into the lake to bathe, and they did as Oifa told them. As soon as they were upon the lake she struck them with a Druid's wand of spells and wizardry and put them into the forms of four beautiful, perfectly white swans, and she sang this song over them:

More Celtic Fairy Tales - Illustrated by John D. Batten

More Celtic Fairy Tales - Illustrated by John D. Batten PDF Author: Joseph Jacobs
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1447490177
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 231

Get Book Here

Book Description
More Celtic Fairy Tales is part of a series written by the Australian born folklorist Joseph Jacobs. In this book feature over two dozen stories taken from popular oral tradition and united with John D. Batten's black and white drawings, full of movement and energy. Stories include: 'The Fate of the Children of Lir', 'Jack the Cunning Thief', 'Morraha', 'The Farmer of Liddesdale', 'The Legend of Knockgrafton', 'How Cormac Mac Art went to Faery' and many others. Heavily influenced by the Brothers Grimm and the romantic nationalism ubiquitous in his contemporary folklorists, Jacobs was responsible for introducing English fairy tales to English children, who had previously chiefly enjoyed those derived from French and German folklore. Beautifully illustrated by John D. Batten, these timeless fairy tales make for ideal bedtime reading and are not to be missed by collectors. John Dickson Batten (1860-1932) was a British painter, illustrator and print maker who was a leading light in the Art Nouveau movement. He illustrated a number of of fairy tale books written by Joseph Jacobs including, English Fairy Tales (1890), Indian Fairy Tales (1912), and European Folk and Fairy Tales (1916). Presented alongside the text of Celtic Fairy Tales, his illustrations further refine and elucidate Joseph Jacob’s enchanting narratives. Pook Press celebrates the great ‘Golden Age of Illustration‘ in children’s classics and fairy tales – a period of unparalleled excellence in book illustration. We publish rare and vintage Golden Age illustrated books, in high-quality colour editions, so that the masterful artwork and story-telling can continue to delight both young and old.