Celtic tales : fairy tales and stories of enchantment from Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and Wales

Celtic tales Fairy tales and stories of enchantment from Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and Wales

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Subjects
Celts > Folklore.
Tales > Ireland.
Tales > Scotland.
Tales > France > Brittany.
Tales > Wales.
Illustrated books.
Published
San Francisco : Chronicle Books 2016.
Language
English
Other Authors
Kate (Illustrator) Forrester (-)
Physical Description
175 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-[176]).
ISBN
9781452151755
  • Tricksters
  • The clumsy beauty and her aunts
  • Master and man
  • The Kildare pooka
  • Little White-Thorn and the talking bird
  • The giant's stairs
  • The witch of Fife
  • The sea
  • Assipattle and the Mester Stoorworm
  • The seal catcher and the Selkies
  • The soul cages
  • Quests
  • The basin of gold and the diamond lance
  • The brownie of Fern Glen
  • The Red-Etin
  • Teig O'Kane and the corpse
  • Romance
  • The witch of Lok Island
  • The black bull of Norroway
  • Meredydd and the Wyvern.
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Divided into four categories-"Tricksters," "The Sea," "Quests," and "Romance"-the 16 tales that make up this handsomely designed collection are adapted from sources originally published between 1888 and 1929, now in the public domain. Full-page silhouette-style images from British illustrator Forrester open each tale, framed within intricate borders featuring fish, gravestones, dragons, and other thematic imagery entwined with Celtic knots. Witches, selkies, fairies, and other creatures make appearances in the brisk tales, which tend toward light humor and happy resolutions. 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-the Scottish tale of "The Black Bull of Norroway" carries echoes of "Beauty and the Beast," while a clumsy girl named Ursula features in the Rumpelstiltskin-like story that opens the collection. (Aug.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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