Celtic Fairy Tales
Illustrator:
John D. Batten
Editor:
Joseph Jacobs
Publication:
1892 by David Nutt (London)
Genre:
Anthology, Fables, Fairy Tales, Fiction, Folk Tales, Read Aloud
Pages:
267
Current state:
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Before a peat fire in countless Irish cottages there have been told for generations some of the gayest, most fanciful, and most sparkling folk tales that ever caused young eyes to grow brighter and young hearts to beat faster. In this volume are twenty-six of the most popular of these stories, each one richly endowed with all the magic and charm, all the humor and color of the vivid Irish imagination.
These stories, some of them more than a thousand years old, are as fascinating today as they were when Connla of the Fiery Hair, the Horned Women, and Conall Yellowclaw roamed Irish field and forest.
With forty-five unusual pictures by John D. Batten.
From the dust jacket of the Folk and Fairy Tales from Many Lands reprint
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Favorite Celtic Fairy Tales
Reprinted in 1994 by Dover Publications
Reprint illustrated by Thea Kliros
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Includes 8 unabridged tales from Celtic Fairy Tales (1891): The Shepherd of Myddvai, The Story of Deirdre, The Sea-Maiden, Beth Gellert and The Tale of Ivan. From More Celtic Fairy Tales (1894): The Fate of the Children of Lir and Morraha. From The Welsh Fairy Book by W. Jenkyn Thomas (1907): The Llanfabon Changeling.
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Episode 70: Why Read Fairy Tales?
Released in 2020 by The Literary Life
Available formats: Streaming Audio
Length: 1 hr. 29 min.
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"Angelina Stanford and Cindy Rollins tackle the topic of fairy stories, discussing the what, why and how of reading them. Angelina shares the distinctive characteristics of fairy stories in contrast to other types of stories, such as myths. They deal with the question of whether fairy tales are 'escapist', the influence of the Grimm brothers scholarly work on interpreting fairy stories, and allowing the story to unveil its deeper truths without forcing meaning onto it.
Angelina gives an illustration of how to see the gospel messages in fairy tales by talking us through the story of Sleeping Beauty. She refutes the ideas that fairy tales are about human romance or are misogynistic. She also highlights some of the Enlightenment and Puritan responses to fairy tales that still linger with us today. Cindy and Angelina also discuss some common concerns such as the magical, weird, or scary aspects of fairy tales. Angelina also makes a distinction between folk tales, literary fairy tales, and cautionary tales."
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