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Author : Eoin Mac Neill
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Duanaire Finn written by Eoin Mac Neill and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Eoin Mac Neill
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book Duanaire Finn written by Eoin Mac Neill and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Duanaire Finn
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Total Pages : 454 pages
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Download or read book Duanaire Finn written by Duanaire Finn and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Maureen O'Rourke Murphy
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815630463
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (34 download)
Download or read book An Irish Literature Reader written by Maureen O'Rourke Murphy and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2006-07-10 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a volume that has become a standard text in Irish studies and serves as a course-friendly alternative to the Field Day anthology, editors Maureen O’Rourke Murphy and James MacKillop survey thirteen centuries of Irish literature, including Old Irish epic and lyric poetry, Irish folksongs, and drama. For each author the editors provide a biographical sketch, a brief discussion of how his or her selections relate to a larger body of work, and a selected bibliography. In addition, this new volume includes a larger sampling of women writers.
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Total Pages : 586 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)
Download or read book Duanaire Finn written by and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John M. Gilbert
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1837652295
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (376 download)
Download or read book Elite Hunting Culture and Mary, Queen of Scots written by John M. Gilbert and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2024-12-03 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the political significance and performativity of elite hunting in sixteenth-century Scotland. Hunting during the early modern period was not simply a popular form of elite entertainment; it also had an important part in court politics and royal governance. However, little attention has been devoted to it in sixteenth-century Scotland. This study of the role that hunting played in the life of Mary, Queen of Scots, in France and in Scotland, aims both to shed new light on the subject and to provide a new perspective on Mary herself. Drawing on the hunting treatises of Gaston Phoebus and Henri de Ferrières, the histories of Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie and John Lesley, and a wide variety of other literary and visual sources, including letters, administrative records and fieldwork evidence, it reveals the full significance of the hunt in Mary's life and career. She is shown to be an able and enthusiastic huntress, using this "pastime" to establish herself as a Stewart monarch, demonstrate her royal authority, and, particularly during the later stages of her reign, to attempt to hold together a fractious Scottish aristocracy.
Author : Amy Hackney Blackwell
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1394187947
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (941 download)
Download or read book Mythology For Dummies written by Amy Hackney Blackwell and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-06-13 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover (or rediscover!) history’s greatest myths and legends From Grendel and Beowulf to Poseidon, Medusa, and Hercules, the gods, monsters, and heroes of mythology are endlessly weird and fascinating. And if you’re looking for a helpful companion to this wild collection of creatures, humans, and deities, you’ve found it! Mythology For Dummies delivers the straight goods on history’s most popular myths, helping you make sense of even the most complicated ancient stories. You’ll learn about the origins of your favorite myths, their cultural impact, and more. Discover: The coolest mythological characters, including intrepid Odysseus, the volatile gods of Mount Olympus, and Thor and Loki How ancient mythology intersects with our daily lives in pop culture, high culture, and everything in between Mythological destinations, like Atlantis, and famous sites from Greek, Roman, and Norse mythology An engrossing guide to some of the most enduring and interesting tales from throughout history, Mythology For Dummies serves up the inside scoop on almost every myth or legend you’d care to learn more about.
Author : Amy Hackney Blackwell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1440509247
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (45 download)
Download or read book The Myths, Legends, and Lore of Ireland written by Amy Hackney Blackwell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-12-18 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 20 million Americans claim some sort of Irish heritage. But how much do you really know about this amazing country? Forget about shamrocks, leprechauns, and all that blarney--this book is a concise and authoritative guide that dispels the myths and tells the true stories of the Irish. Highlights include: Who St. Patrick really was The story behind "Sunday Bloody Sunday" Scandals in the Irish church Coming to America and the real gangs of New York The spooky truth behind changelings, leprechauns, and fairies Complete with an Irish language primer and pronunciation guide, this book is an informative pot of gold for everyone who loves the Irish!
Author : Ryan Hackney
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1440560064
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (45 download)
Download or read book Why Do People Kiss the Blarney Stone? written by Ryan Hackney and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-18 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fáilte! Brew yourself a cuppa and settle in to discover...Why Do People Kiss the Blarney Stone? It's the closest you can feel to the Emerald Isle without boarding a plane! You'll tickle your noggin with spirited questions, including: How did a white bull start a war? What is Brian Boru's connection to Guinness? Why was 1847 known as Black '47? Where does peat come from? What's so special about the Book of Kells? This terrific little tome provides the answers to those questions and many more. With information on Irish history, mythology, and culture, you'll be able to go on and on about anything and everything about The Old Sod.
Author : Joep Leerssen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108863930
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Parnell and his Times written by Joep Leerssen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marked by names such as W. B. Yeats, James Joyce and Patrick Pearse, the decade 1910–1920 was a period of revolutionary change in Ireland, in literature, politics and public opinion. What fed the creative and reformist urge besides the circumstances of the moment and a vision of the future? The leading experts in Irish history, literature and culture assembled in this volume argue that the shadow of the past was also a driving factor: the traumatic, undigested memory of the defeat and death of the charismatic national leader Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891). The authors reassess Parnell's impact on the Ireland of his time, its cultural, religious, political and intellectual life, in order to trace his posthumous influence into the early twentieth century in fields such as political activism, memory culture, history-writing, and literature.
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Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 1786837358
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (868 download)
Download or read book The Arthur of the Welsh written by and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2020-10-15 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little, if anything, is known historically of Arthur, yet for centuries the romances of Arthur and his court dominated the imaginative literature of Europe in many languages. The roots of this vast flowering of the Arthurian legend are to be found in early Welsh tradition, and this volume gives an account of the Arthurian literature produced in Wales, in both Welsh and Latin, during the Middle Ages. The distinguished contributors offer a comprehensive view of recent scholarship relating to Arthurian literature in early Welsh and other Brythonic sources. The volume includes chapters on the 'historical' Arthur, Arthur in early Welsh verse, the legend of Merlin, the tales of Culhwch ac Olwen, Geraint, Owain, Peredur, The Dream of Rhonabwy and Trystan ac Esyllt. Other chapters investigate the evidence for the growth of the Arthurian theme in the Triads and in the Historia Regum Britanniae of Geoffrey of Monmouth, and discuss the Breton connection and the gradual transmission of the legend to the non-Celtic world. The volume, which is unique in offering a comprehensive discussion of the subject, will appeal widely to medievalists, to Welsh and Celtic scholars, and to those non-specialists who have felt the fascination of the figure of Arthur and wish to know more.
Author : Marie Heaney
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780590680523
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (85 download)
Download or read book The Names Upon the Harp, Irish Myth and Legend written by Marie Heaney and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sampling of some of the most famous Irish legends.
Author : Francis Collinson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000436454
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)
Download or read book The Traditional and National Music of Scotland written by Francis Collinson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1966, this was the first book on this subject to be published for over a hundred years. It covers all facets including little-known types of Gaelic song, the bagpipes and their music, including the esoteric subject of pibroch, the Ceol Mor or ‘Great Music’ of the pipes. It gives a comprehensive review of the fiddle composers and their music, and of the Clarsach and its revival, with an example of all-but-extinct Scottish harp music. A chapter is devoted to the music of Orkney and Shetland and the book contains over 100 examples of music many of which were from the author’s own collection and published here for the first time.
Author : Stephen Blamires
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN 13 : 1567180701
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (671 download)
Download or read book Celtic Tree Mysteries written by Stephen Blamires and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trees, and the magic associated with them, manifest the spiritual aspects of the Green World. Celtic Tree Mysteries revives the ancient knowledge and lore of the trees with a practical system of magical ritual and divination. Within the pages of this trusted reference guide, you will find comprehensive instruction and insight on the theory and practice of the Celtic Tree mysteries, including little-known and often misunderstood tenets. Learn the difference between the Ogham script and the Tree Alphabet (and how to use them together for magical purposes). Decipher the physical, mental, and spiritual lessons of the twenty trees of the Ogham, and how to incorporate their wisdom into your life. Find out how to create your own set of Ogham sticks . . . perform Otherworld journeys . . . and discover the deeper, hidden meanings contained within the beautiful, ancient Celtic legends and Green World lore. This is a Print-on-Demand title. Please allow an additional 2-3 days for delivery.
Author : Dáithí Ó hÓgáin
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9780851157474
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (574 download)
Download or read book The Sacred Isle written by Dáithí Ó hÓgáin and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 1999 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient monuments, legends and folklore interpreted to illuminate the realities of prehistoric Irish belief. The myths and legends of prehistoric Ireland have inspired writers through the ages, down to W.B. Yeats and Seamus Heaney in our own century, but what do we know of the realities of ancient Irish belief? Daithi O hOgain's book approaches the question by studying archaeological remains such as tumuli, stone henges and circular enclosures and analysing the rich materials that have been handed down both in the great cycles of Irish heroic tales and the humblebut significant survivals of modern folklore, for instance the traditions associated with wells and springs. Drawing evidence from these varied sources, he arrives at a balanced picture of a society and its beliefs which have alltoo often been the subject of conjecture and fancy. CONTENTS Pre-Celtic Cultures . Basic Tenets in the Iron Age . The Druids and their Practices . The Teachings of the Druids . The Society of the Gods . The Rites of Sovereignty . The Triumph of Christianity. DAITHI O HOGAIN was Professor of Folklore at University College Dublin.
Author : Angus MacLellan
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0857902717
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (579 download)
Download or read book Stories from South Uist written by Angus MacLellan and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2016-03-03 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an extraordinary collection of tales from one of the very greatest Gaelic storytellers, Angus MacLellan, and translated by one of Scotland's finest Celtic Scholars, John Lorne Campbell. The stories in the book include every type of tale found on South Uist, from Fingalian heroes and ghost stories to international folktales and humorous and historical local anecdotes. These tales of ancient kings, thrilling escapes, jealous stepmothers and magic spells are fascinating not only for their narrative power, but also their links with myths and legends from Ireland, Scandinavia, France and Greece. The Hebrideaen island of South Uist was one of the last places in Western Europe where the ancient art of Storytelling was still honoured and practised, and the style of these translations is at once original and hypnotic, reflecting the oral tradition at their source.
Author : Calvert Watkins
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198024711
Total Pages : 630 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)
Download or read book How to Kill a Dragon written by Calvert Watkins and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1995-11-16 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In How to Kill a Dragon Calvert Watkins follows the continuum of poetic formulae in Indo-European languages, from Old Hittite to medieval Irish. He uses the comparative method to reconstruct traditional poetic formulae of considerable complexity that stretch as far back as the original common language. Thus, Watkins reveals the antiquity and tenacity of the Indo-European poetic tradition. Watkins begins this study with an introduction to the field of comparative Indo-European poetics; he explores the Saussurian notions of synchrony and diachrony, and locates the various Indo-European traditions and ideologies of the spoken word. Further, his overview presents case studies on the forms of verbal art, with selected texts drawn from Indic, Iranian, Greek, Latin, Hittite, Armenian, Celtic, and Germanic languages. In the remainder of the book, Watkins examines in detail the structure of the dragon/serpent-slaying myths, which recur in various guises throughout the Indo-European poetic tradition. He finds the "signature" formula for the myth--the divine hero who slays the serpent or overcomes adversaries--occurs in the same linguistic form in a wide range of sources and over millennia, including Old and Middle Iranian holy books, Greek epic, Celtic and Germanic sagas, down to Armenian oral folk epic of the last century. Watkins argues that this formula is the vehicle for the central theme of a proto-text, and a central part of the symbolic culture of speakers of the Proto-Indo-European language: the relation of humans to their universe, the values and expectations of their society. Therefore, he further argues, poetry was a social necessity for Indo- European society, where the poet could confer on patrons what they and their culture valued above all else: "imperishable fame."
