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This splendidly illustrated study by the distinguished Celticist T. W. Rolleston masterfully retells the great Celtic myths and illuminates the world that spawned them. Focusing …
"There are oddity and beauty and a broad scholarly interest in this unusual book."--"The New York TimesWell-documented, copiously illustrated study of the creature that has …
Fascinating, painstakingly researched study of occult beliefs and practices in Celtic Britain. Intriguing discussions include the origins of the Druids, Arthurian cults, the …
Fascinating, delightfully readable book traces development of various aspects of the unicorn legend in mythology, folklore, magic, medicine, literature, art, and commerce. "It is a …
Vivid, classic retellings of the myths of Greece and Rome, along with stories of the Norse gods and heroes. Zeus and Hera, Apollo, Jason and the golden fleece, the wanderings of …
Twenty folk tales representing hundreds of years of the collective Irish imagination transport readers to a world where everything is alive and anything can happen Vivid …
Thirty beguiling stories of sprites, wraiths, and specters appear here, as they were told to a Smithsonian Institution ethnographer in rural 19th-century Ireland. Stories include …