
Irish Folktales
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · February 11, 1997
A Folklore pick for readers exploring Irish Folktales.
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- Who it’s for
- These 125 Irish tales move between the funny, the sorrowful, the heroic, and the uncanny.
- Themes
- Irish folklore, Ghosts and fairies, Witchcraft and enchantment
- Genres
- Fairy Tales & Myths, Short Story Anthologies, Fantasy Anthologies
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Here are 125 magnificent folktales collected from anthologies and journals published from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day.
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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
Folklore, Many Moods
These 125 Irish tales move between the funny, the sorrowful, the heroic, and the uncanny.
Come here for
- Kings, ghosts, fairies, treasures, enchanted nature, and witchcraft
- Stories reaching from ancient times to contemporary Ireland
Expect
- A wide-ranging collection drawn from anthologies and journals
- Black-and-white illustrations throughout
Where it sits
| Fairy Tales & Myths | 81% |
|---|---|
| Fantasy Anthologies | 64% |
| Short Story Anthologies | 62% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Fantasy Anthologies
- Fairy Tales & Myths
- Literary Fiction
- Authors
- Henry Glassie
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- February 11, 1997
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Irish folklore · Ghosts and fairies · Witchcraft and enchantment
- Reading lane
- Fantasy Anthologies