Celtic folklore overflows with vivid stories that fire the imagination. This book contains 26 stories from around Wales and Ireland and was compiled by Joseph Jacobs in the 1890's. While the stories were published in the 19th. C. they probably date back to the middle ages or even further. While some of the themes found in Celtic folklore are similar to those of contemporary fairy tales, other stories in this collection are infused with a flavour that is uniquely Celtic. In Jacobs' own words, "The Celts went forth to battle, but they always fell. Yet the captive Celt has enslaved his captor in the realm of imagination." Celtic Fairy Tales has tales of horned women, breweries of eggshells, sprightly tailors, gold and silver trees, King o' Toole's goose, sea maidens, and more. Of particular interest could be the 13th century legend of Beth Gellert, wherein the dog of Llewelyn (I) the Great, Prince of Wales, protected the prince's infant son from a wolf attack. A memorial to the dog allegedly still stands today in the village of Beddgelert, near Snowdon, Wales. In an attempt to give a library of the Celts' wealthy imagination to his readers, Jacobs has attempted to begin the readers' captivity with the earliest recordings of these tales. And captivate he does—Celtic Fairy Tales not only preserves a cultural history, but also is richly entertaining. For more info, the ISBN, a table of contents or to view a sample of the interior,
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