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A collection of tales from Ella Young's classic re-telling of Celtic stories, selected from Celtic Wonder Tales, The Wonder Smith and His Son, The Tangle-Coated Horse and The Unicorn with Silver Shoes.
Description
"From childhood I heard tales of ghosts, banshees, haunted castles, mischievous and friendly sprites, snatches of ballads, and political arguments ... It was not until I came to Dublin and met Standish O’Grady, A.E., and Kuno Meyer that I realized what a heritage waited for me in Celtic literature. I read every translation I could get, learned Irish, and betook myself to Gaelic Ireland where, by turf fires, I could hear the poems of the Fianna recited by folk who had heard the faery music and had danced in faery circles ..."
-- Ella Young
This is a wonderful collection of tales from Ella Young's classic re-telling of Celtic stories, selected from Celtic Wonder Tales, The Wonder Smith and His Son, The Tangle-Coated Horse and The Unicorn with Silver Shoes. Children aged 7-12 years old will be enchanted by the magical, mysterious stories.
Table of Contents
From Celtic Wonder Tales:
-- The Earth-Shapers
-- The Spear of Victory
-- The Cow of Plenty
-- The Coming of Lugh
-- The Eric-Fine of Lugh
-- The Great Battle
-- Inisfail
-- The Golden Fly
-- The Children of Lir
-- The Luck-Child
-- Conary Mor
From The Wonder Smith and his Son:
-- How the Gubbaun Saor Gof his Trade
-- How the Gubbaun Proved himself
-- How the Gubbaun Saor got his Son
-- How the Gubbaun Tried his Hand at Match-Making
-- How the Son of the Gubbaun Met with Good Luck
-- How the Gubbaun Saor Welcomes Home his Daughter
-- How the Gubbaun Quarelled with Aunya, and What Came Of It
-- How the Son of the Gubbaun Saor Talked with Lords from a Strange Country
-- The Building of Balor's Dun
-- How the Djinn out of Balor's Country Brought a Message to Aunya
-- The Embassy of Balor's Son
-- The Gubbaun Saor's Feast
-- How the Gubbaun Saor Went into the Country of the Ever-Young
-- The Great Piast
From The Tangle-Coated Horse:
-- A Night of the Nights
-- The Moon-Bowl
-- The Silver Pool
-- The Treasure-Wallt
-- The Lordship of the Fianna
-- The Tangle-Coated Horse
From The Unicorn with Silver Shoes
-- Three Golden Apples
-- The Unicorn with Silver Shoes
Author's note
Reviews
'Sure to delight readers of all ages. Highly recommended.'
-- Dalriada: the journal of Celtic Culture, Heritage and Tradition, 2001
Author
Ella Young was born in 1867 in the little village of Feenagh, County Antrim. She died in California in 1956.
Links
See also: a biography of the remarkable Ella Young:
Ella Young, Irish Mystic and Rebel: From Literary Dublin to the American West
You may also be interested in more Celtic stories:
Shifty Lad and the Tales He Told
King of Ireland's Son
