Part 80 (1/2)
HERO-TALES OF IRELAND.
BY JEREMIAH CURTIN.
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The tales included in this volume, though told in modern speech, relate to heroes and adventures of an ancient time, and contain elements peculiar to early ages of story-telling. The chief actors in most of them are represented as men; but we may be quite sure that these men are subst.i.tutes for heroes who were not considered human when the stories were told to Keltic audiences originally.--_Introduction._
CONTENTS.
Elin Gow, the Swordsmith from Erin, and the Cow Glas Gainach.
Mor's Sons and the Herder from Under the Sea.
Saudan Og and the Daughter of the King of Spain; Young Conal and the Yellow King's Daughter.
The Black Thief and King Conal's Three Horses.
The King's Son from Erin, the Sprisawn, and the Dark King.
The Amadan Mor and the Gruagach of the Castle of Gold.
The King's Son and the White-Bearded Scolog.
Dyeermud Ulta and the King in South Erin.
Cud, Cad, and Micad, Three Sons of the King of Urhu.
Cabal, Son of King Conor, in Erin, and Bloom of Youth, Daughter of the King of Hathony.
Coldfeet and the Queen of Lonesome Island.
Lawn Dyarrig, Son of the King of Erin and the Knight of Terrible Valley.
Balor on Tory Island.
Balor of the Evil Eye.
Art, the King's Son, and Balor Beimenach, Two Sons-in-law of King Under the Wave.
Shawn MacBreogan and the King of the White Nation.
The Cotter's Son and the Half Slim Champion.
Blaiman, Son of Apple, in the Kingdom of the White Strand.
Fin MacCool and the Daughter of the King of the White Nation.
Fin MacCool, the Three Giants, and the Small Men.
Fin MacCool, Ceadach Og, and the Fish-Hag.
Fin MacCool, Faolan, and the Mountain of Happiness.
Fin MacCool, the Hard Gilla, and the High King.
The Battle of Ventry.
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OPINIONS.
These are thrilling hero-tales. No extract can do the stories justice.
Any one taking up the volume will not be likely to lay it down without reading it.--_The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette._
Mr. Jeremiah Curtin, whose translation of the novels of the great Polish novelist, Sienkiewicz, introduced him to English readers, has shown equally admirable skill in rendering into English many ancient hero-tales of Ireland. The stories are marvels of exaggeration, and have a genuine Irish flavor. Champions, giants, fairies, and witches work their wonders and spells in a fascinating way.--_The Outlook._
The people of this country ought to be grateful to that accomplished American scholar, Jeremiah Curtin, for the translations from varied and quite dissimilar foreign languages which he has added to our literature. His version of the wonderful novels of Sienkiewicz opens up to us a most interesting department of history, of which English-speaking people have hitherto been profoundly ignorant; and his latest publication, ”Hero-Tales of Ireland,” is perhaps quite as valuable, with the added charm of a wild, delightful, primeval Celtic imagination.--_The New York Sun._
MYTHS AND FOLK-TALES OF THE RUSSIANS, WESTERN SLAVS, AND MAGYARS.
BY JEREMIAH CURTIN.
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