Folklore Of County Leitrim Folklore History Series

Author : Leland L. Duncan
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1447491319
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Folklore of County Leitrim (Folklore History Series) written by Leland L. Duncan and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2011-11-11 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An absorbing collection of folklore and legend from a timeless county in the heart of Ireland. Comprising stories on fairies, Leprechauns, witches and wizards. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using original text and artwork

Author : Susie Minto
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752492012
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leitrim Folk Tales written by Susie Minto and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-09-02 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you know where the ‘twice-richest mountain in Ireland’ is? Or what mysterious creature is said to lurk in the waters of Glenade Lake? Or why you should never cheer on a fairy footballer? Discover the answers to these and more in this collection of tales from across the county.Leitrim is the place where, legend has it, Cormac Riabhac, The Irish ‘Samson’, performed his amazing feats of strength; where Fionn Mac Cumhaill, great warrior of the Fianna, is said to lie buried; and where the wrongful execution of Jack Bircall led to a miraculous cure. It is also said to be the home of a plethora of strange and magical creatures and stories abound of encounters fairies, mermen, enchanted cows and even supernatural salmon.These stories, beautifully illustrated by the author, bring to life the county’s varied landscape, from its lofty mountains to its bogs and loughs, and along the mighty Shannon River, whose twisting path was said to have been carved out by the antics of the giant serpent, the ‘Great Ollphéist’.

Author : Richard Mercer Dorson
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415204774
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of British Folklore written by Richard Mercer Dorson and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Jason A. Josephson-Storm
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022640353X
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Myth of Disenchantment written by Jason A. Josephson-Storm and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-05-18 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of the early human sciences and their deep connections to spiritualism dispenses with the myth that separates magic and modernity. Many theorists contend that the defining feature of modernity is our collective loss of faith in spirits, myths, and magic. But in The Myth of Disenchantment, Jason A. Josephson-Storm argues against this narrative, showing that attempts to suppress magic have failed more often than not. Even the human sciences have been more enchanted than is commonly supposed. But that raises the question: How did a magical, spiritualist, mesmerized Europe ever convince itself that it was disenchanted? Josephson-Storm traces the history of the myth of disenchantment in the births of philosophy, anthropology, sociology, folklore, psychoanalysis, and religious studies. He demonstrates that the founding figures of these “mythless” disciplines were in fact profoundly enmeshed in the occult and spiritualist revivals of Britain, France, and Germany. It was in response to this milieu that they produced notions of a disenchanted world. By providing a novel history of the human sciences and their connection to esotericism, The Myth of Disenchantment dispatches with most widely held accounts of modernity and its break from the premodern past.

Author : Henry H. Glassie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780862780166
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Irish Folk History written by Henry H. Glassie and published by . This book was released on 1982-01-01 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Andrew Sneddon
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137319178
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Witchcraft and Magic in Ireland written by Andrew Sneddon and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first academic overview of witchcraft and popular magic in Ireland and spans the medieval to the modern period. Based on a wide range of un-used and under-used primary source material, and taking account of denominational difference between Catholic and Protestant, it provides a detailed account of witchcraft trials and accusation.

Author : Anita Best
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 1607329204
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clever Maids, Fearless Jacks, and a Cat written by Anita Best and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clever Maids, Fearless Jacks, and a Cat showcases the stories of two Newfoundland storytellers, Philip Pius Power and Alice Lannon. Ethnopoetic transcriptions of these sensitive and artful tales, which have been passed on orally for generations as part of a community tradition, give accounts of living oral performances from the last quarter of the twentieth century and demonstrate the artistry that is possible without the written word. Here, eight tales from Power and five tales from Lannon take up issues of vital concern—such as spousal abuse, bullying, and social and generational conflict—allusively, through a screen of fiction. In commentary following the stories Anita Best, Martin Lovelace, and Pauline Greenhill discuss the transmission of fairy tales in oral tradition, address the relation of these magic tales to Lannon’s and Power’s other stories, and share specifics about Newfoundland storytelling and the two tellers themselves. The text is further enriched by expressive illustrations from artist Graham Blair. Clever Maids, Fearless Jacks, and a Cat presents the fairy-tale oeuvres of two superb storytellers as a contribution to interdisciplinary fairy-tale studies and folklore—countering fairy-tale studies’ focus on written traditions and printed texts—as well as to gender studies, cultural studies, Newfoundland studies, and Canadian studies. Students, scholars, and general readers interested in folk and fairy tales, contemporary Märchen, Newfoundland folklore, or oral tradition more generally will find much of value in these pages. Support for this publication was provided, in part, by the University of Winnipeg.

Author : Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and Natural History
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and Natural History written by Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and Natural History and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ronald Hutton
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191578428
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stations of the Sun written by Ronald Hutton and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2001-02-15 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive and engaging, this colourful study covers the whole sweep of ritual history from the earliest written records to the present day. From May Day revels and Midsummer fires, to Harvest Home and Hallowe'en, to the twelve days of Christmas, Ronald Hutton takes us on a fascinating journey through the ritual year in Britain. He challenges many common assumptions about the customs of the past, and debunks many myths surrounding festivals of the present, to illuminate the history of the calendar year we live by today.

Author : Guy Beiner
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN 13 : 9780299218249
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Remembering the Year of the French written by Guy Beiner and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delving into the folk history found in Ireland's oral traditions, this work reveals alternate visions of the Irish past and brings into focus the vernacular histories, folk commemorative practices, and negotiations of memory that have gone unnoticed by historians.