This book includes tales of the heroes and gods from the Great Myth Cycles as well as tales of witches, ghosts, and fairies. It is an examination and celebration of the tradition of storytelling. This is the first anthology to seek out and record the traditions from many parts of the Western Celtic world--Ireland, Cornwall, Scotland, Wales, and Brittany--from as early as the 17th century.
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Dr. Bob Curran was born in a rural area of County Down, Northern Ireland. On leaving school he worked at many jobs, including journalism, music, truck driving, and grave digging. He travelled in America, North Africa, and Holland before returning to Northern Ireland to settle down and obtain degrees in history and education and a doctorate in Educational Psychology. From his early years, he has been interested in folktales and legends and has made a study of these, writing widely in books and magazines. His work has been printed in his native Ireland, Great Britain, France, Germany, and Japan. Still lecturing and teaching, he lives in County Derry with his wife and young family.
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Bob Curran is a broadcaster, writer, teacher, and researcher he has written a number of books including Vampires, Encyclopedia of the Undead, Walking with the Green Man, Celtic Lore and Legend, and Lost Lands, Forgotten Realms, all published by New Page Books. Bob was born in a remote area of Northern Ireland and has held a number of jobs--grave-digger, journalist, musician, and hospital porter among them. He travelled in many parts of the world, exploring the cultures and traditions of other peoples before returning to Northern Ireland to take several University degrees. He currently lives in Northern Ireland with his wife and young family.
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The first stories amongst the Celtic peoples were oral ones. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Editor's Note, Coll Dhu, Editors Note, Black Arcan, Evleen Blake, Elias Owen, Father Harrigan, Western Isles, Colonel Blake, Devil's Inn, King of Lochlann, Lady Gregory, Robert Hunt, Gors Goch, Gwylliaid Cochion, King Arthur, Plant Annwfn, Gab Lucas, Lady of Wheelhope, Wattie Blythe, William Bottrell, Baron Owen, Brown Bull of Cuailgne, Christian Church, Dermod Leary New!
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The first stories amongst the Celtic peoples were oral ones. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Editor's Note, Coll Dhu, Editors Note, Black Arcan, Evleen Blake, Elias Owen, Father Harrigan, Western Isles, Colonel Blake, Devil's Inn, King of Lochlann, Lady Gregory, Robert Hunt, Gors Goch, Gwylliaid Cochion, King Arthur, Plant Annwfn, Gab Lucas, Lady of Wheelhope, Wattie Blythe, William Bottrell, Baron Owen, Brown Bull of Cuailgne, Christian Church, Dermod Leary New!
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- Drolls, Traditions and Superstitions of Old Cornwall Pb (Giants, fairies, Tregagle, mermaids, lost cities, rocks, fire, worship, demons) by Robert Hunt on page 39, and page 48
- Treasure Island by Louis Robert Stevenson on page 252
- A Description of the Western Isles of Scotland by Martin Martin on page 164
- Treasure Island (Signet Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson on page 252
- Treasure Island by Robert L Stevenson on page 252
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