Author: Edmund Lenihan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781781173589
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
A collection of hair-raising tales of ancient Irish heroes and druids, of strange and peculiar adventures when creatures of the night walked the earth and magic was everywhere.
Fionn Mac Cumhail's Epic Adventures
Author: Edmund Lenihan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781781173589
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
A collection of hair-raising tales of ancient Irish heroes and druids, of strange and peculiar adventures when creatures of the night walked the earth and magic was everywhere.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781781173589
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
A collection of hair-raising tales of ancient Irish heroes and druids, of strange and peculiar adventures when creatures of the night walked the earth and magic was everywhere.
Fionn mac Cumhail
Author: James MacKillop
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815623533
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The Gaelic hero Fionn mac Cumhaill (often known in English as Finn MacCool) has had a long life. First cited in Old Irish chronicles from the early Christian era, he became the central hero of the Fenian Cycle which flourished in the high Middle Ages. Stories about Fionn and his warriors continue to be told by storytellers in Ireland and in Gaelic Scotland to this day. This book traces the development of Fionn's persona in Irish and Scottish texts and constructs a heroic biography of him. As aspects of the hero are borrowed into English and later world literature, his personality undergoes several changes. Seen as less than admirable, he may become either a buffoon or a blackguard. Somehow these contradictions exist side by side. Among the writers in English most interested in Fionn are James Macpherson, the "translator" of The Poems of Ossian ( 17601, William Carleton, the first great fiction writer of nineteenth-century Ireland, and Fiann O'Brien, the multifaceted author of At Swim-Two-Birds. Aspects of Fiann appear as far apart as Mendelssohn's "Hebrides (or Fingal 's Cave) Overture" and a contemporary rock opera. But the most complex use of Fionn's story in modern literature is James Joyce's Finnegans Wake.
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815623533
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The Gaelic hero Fionn mac Cumhaill (often known in English as Finn MacCool) has had a long life. First cited in Old Irish chronicles from the early Christian era, he became the central hero of the Fenian Cycle which flourished in the high Middle Ages. Stories about Fionn and his warriors continue to be told by storytellers in Ireland and in Gaelic Scotland to this day. This book traces the development of Fionn's persona in Irish and Scottish texts and constructs a heroic biography of him. As aspects of the hero are borrowed into English and later world literature, his personality undergoes several changes. Seen as less than admirable, he may become either a buffoon or a blackguard. Somehow these contradictions exist side by side. Among the writers in English most interested in Fionn are James Macpherson, the "translator" of The Poems of Ossian ( 17601, William Carleton, the first great fiction writer of nineteenth-century Ireland, and Fiann O'Brien, the multifaceted author of At Swim-Two-Birds. Aspects of Fiann appear as far apart as Mendelssohn's "Hebrides (or Fingal 's Cave) Overture" and a contemporary rock opera. But the most complex use of Fionn's story in modern literature is James Joyce's Finnegans Wake.
Fionn Mac Cumhail's Amazing Stories
Author: Edmund Lenihan
Publisher: Irish Mystery and Magic Collection
ISBN: 9781781173596
Category : Tales
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Two magical tales of the adventures of Fionn Mac Cumhail.
Publisher: Irish Mystery and Magic Collection
ISBN: 9781781173596
Category : Tales
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Two magical tales of the adventures of Fionn Mac Cumhail.
Finn and the Fianna
Author: Daniel Allison
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750995858
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
The stories of Finn MacCoull and his warriors were once told at every fireside in Scotland and Ireland. After centuries in obscurity, this collection brings the tales soaring to life again. Here you will find Diarmuid, whom no woman can help but fall in love with, and Ossian, a warrior-poet raised in the woods by a wild deer. There is Grainne, ancient ancestor of Iseult and Guinevere, and Finn himself, whose name was once a byword for wisdom, generosity and beauty. Enter a world of feasting and fighting, battles and poetry, riddles and omens; join Finn and the Fianna on their never-ending quest to drink deeper and deeper of the cup of life.
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750995858
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
The stories of Finn MacCoull and his warriors were once told at every fireside in Scotland and Ireland. After centuries in obscurity, this collection brings the tales soaring to life again. Here you will find Diarmuid, whom no woman can help but fall in love with, and Ossian, a warrior-poet raised in the woods by a wild deer. There is Grainne, ancient ancestor of Iseult and Guinevere, and Finn himself, whose name was once a byword for wisdom, generosity and beauty. Enter a world of feasting and fighting, battles and poetry, riddles and omens; join Finn and the Fianna on their never-ending quest to drink deeper and deeper of the cup of life.
Tales Until Dawn
Author: Joe Neil MacNeil
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 9780773505605
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Joe Neil MacNeil holds in his memory a wealth of Gaelic folktales, learned in his youth in Cape Breton. For over a decade, he has told his tales to John Shaw, a specialist in Celtic folklore and fluent speaker of Gaelic. Shaw has recorded, transcribed, edited, and translated the tales and folklore into English. This rich and entertaining collection is the result of their collaboration. Folktales, anecdotes, proverbs, expressions, rhymes, superstitions, and games are presented in translation and, in the cloth edtion, in the original as well. All variations of the genre are represented: a fragment from the Ulster cycle, some items from the Fenian cycle, hero and wonder tales, fairy and witch lore, romantic tales, tales of the exemplum type, tales of cleverness, "numbskull" stories, animal tales, and tall tales.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 9780773505605
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Joe Neil MacNeil holds in his memory a wealth of Gaelic folktales, learned in his youth in Cape Breton. For over a decade, he has told his tales to John Shaw, a specialist in Celtic folklore and fluent speaker of Gaelic. Shaw has recorded, transcribed, edited, and translated the tales and folklore into English. This rich and entertaining collection is the result of their collaboration. Folktales, anecdotes, proverbs, expressions, rhymes, superstitions, and games are presented in translation and, in the cloth edtion, in the original as well. All variations of the genre are represented: a fragment from the Ulster cycle, some items from the Fenian cycle, hero and wonder tales, fairy and witch lore, romantic tales, tales of the exemplum type, tales of cleverness, "numbskull" stories, animal tales, and tall tales.
The Green Hero
Author: Bernard Evslin
Publisher: New York : Four Winds Press
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Retells the early exploits of the legendary Finn MacCool before he went on to become a great Irish hero.
Publisher: New York : Four Winds Press
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Retells the early exploits of the legendary Finn MacCool before he went on to become a great Irish hero.
The Adventures of Finn Mac Cumhal and Other Tales of Ancient Ireland
Author: Thomas William Rolleston
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780853425601
Category : Epic literature, Irish
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780853425601
Category : Epic literature, Irish
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
THE READER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA
Author: Williams Rose Benet
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1168
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1168
Book Description
A Brief History of the Celts
Author: Peter Berresford Ellis
Publisher: Robinson
ISBN: 1472107942
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
For centuries the Celts held sway in Europe. Even after their conquest by the Romans, their culture remained vigorous, ensuring that much of it endured to feed an endless fascination with Celtic history and myths, artwork and treasures. A foremost authority on the Celtic peoples and their culture, Peter Berresford Ellis presents an invigoration overview of their world. With his gift for making the scholarly accessible, he discusses the Celts' mysterious origins and early history and investigates their rich and complex society. His use of recently uncovered firnds brings fascinating insights into Celtic kings and chieftains, architecture and arts, medicine and religions, myths and legends, making this esesntial reading for any search for Europe's ancient past.
Publisher: Robinson
ISBN: 1472107942
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
For centuries the Celts held sway in Europe. Even after their conquest by the Romans, their culture remained vigorous, ensuring that much of it endured to feed an endless fascination with Celtic history and myths, artwork and treasures. A foremost authority on the Celtic peoples and their culture, Peter Berresford Ellis presents an invigoration overview of their world. With his gift for making the scholarly accessible, he discusses the Celts' mysterious origins and early history and investigates their rich and complex society. His use of recently uncovered firnds brings fascinating insights into Celtic kings and chieftains, architecture and arts, medicine and religions, myths and legends, making this esesntial reading for any search for Europe's ancient past.
FIONN: Defence of Rath Bladhma
Author: Brian O’Sullivan
Publisher: Irish Imbas Books
ISBN: 0994106262
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Publisher: Irish Imbas Books
ISBN: 0994106262
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description