Irish Fairy and Folk Tales

An ethereal collection of long-lost fairy tales and folk stories from Ireland, collated and edited by one of the most sensational Irish poets, W. B. Yeats.

This anthology of Irish myths and folklore was first published in 1892 after being carefully collated by W. B. Yeats. The prolific poet had a deep interest in the folkloric history of his country and dedicated part of his career to editing traditional fairy tales and translating them from the original Irish. Irish Fairy and Folk Tales is an illusive collection of beautiful and ghostly stories concerning fairies, changelings, witches, giants, the devil, and the supernatural.

The tales featured in this volume are divided between the following sections:
    - The Trooping Fairies
    - Changelings
    - The Merrow
    - The Solitary Fairies
    - Ghosts
    - Witches, Fairy Doctors
    - T'yeer-Na-N-Oge
    - Saints, Priests
    - The Devil
    - Giants
    - Kings, Queens, Princesses, Earls, Robbers
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Irish Fairy and Folk Tales

An ethereal collection of long-lost fairy tales and folk stories from Ireland, collated and edited by one of the most sensational Irish poets, W. B. Yeats.

This anthology of Irish myths and folklore was first published in 1892 after being carefully collated by W. B. Yeats. The prolific poet had a deep interest in the folkloric history of his country and dedicated part of his career to editing traditional fairy tales and translating them from the original Irish. Irish Fairy and Folk Tales is an illusive collection of beautiful and ghostly stories concerning fairies, changelings, witches, giants, the devil, and the supernatural.

The tales featured in this volume are divided between the following sections:
    - The Trooping Fairies
    - Changelings
    - The Merrow
    - The Solitary Fairies
    - Ghosts
    - Witches, Fairy Doctors
    - T'yeer-Na-N-Oge
    - Saints, Priests
    - The Devil
    - Giants
    - Kings, Queens, Princesses, Earls, Robbers
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Irish Fairy and Folk Tales

Irish Fairy and Folk Tales

by William Butler Yeats
Irish Fairy and Folk Tales

Irish Fairy and Folk Tales

by William Butler Yeats

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An ethereal collection of long-lost fairy tales and folk stories from Ireland, collated and edited by one of the most sensational Irish poets, W. B. Yeats.

This anthology of Irish myths and folklore was first published in 1892 after being carefully collated by W. B. Yeats. The prolific poet had a deep interest in the folkloric history of his country and dedicated part of his career to editing traditional fairy tales and translating them from the original Irish. Irish Fairy and Folk Tales is an illusive collection of beautiful and ghostly stories concerning fairies, changelings, witches, giants, the devil, and the supernatural.

The tales featured in this volume are divided between the following sections:
    - The Trooping Fairies
    - Changelings
    - The Merrow
    - The Solitary Fairies
    - Ghosts
    - Witches, Fairy Doctors
    - T'yeer-Na-N-Oge
    - Saints, Priests
    - The Devil
    - Giants
    - Kings, Queens, Princesses, Earls, Robbers

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781420955743
Publisher: Digireads.com Publishing
Publication date: 05/31/2017
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Paul Muldoon is Oxford Professor of Poetry and Howard G. B. Clark Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University. His recent works include To Ireland, I; Poems 1968–1998; and Moy Sand and Gravel. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

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